Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Papilionaceae | Genus: Sesbania | Species: Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Aeschynomene aculeata
Schreb., Coronilla aculeata Willd. |
Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Daincha, Prickly Sesban | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Prickly Sesban | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Dhaincha, Ikad, Dadon, Daden | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | up to 2000 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Pods curved, many-seeded. |
| Habitat | Common in to wetlands, swamps, marshy wastelands, water-logged places, banks of ponds and rivers, rice fields and seasonally inundated areas | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Distributed in tropical Africa and Asia. It occurs throughout India. Countries - Native: Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Cambodia; India;Kenya; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Somalia; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Viet Nam; Zimbabwe | Bark Details | Smooth, greenish- brown in colour. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh , Manimajara and Daria, Sector 55, Sector 57 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | An erect, sparsely-branched annual shrub up to 3 m tall; young stem glabrous or nearly so, sparsely to rather densely aculeate. Leaves, compound, alternate, pinnate, stipules membranous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, leaflets 10-50 pairs, linear-oblong, apex obtuse, mucronate, base acute, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers borne on 3-6 flowered drooping racemes; filiform; calyx membranous, glabrous, teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube; corolla yellow usually with red dots on the back of the glabrous standard. Fruit a pod, straight or slightly curved with slightly indented margins, 35-40 seeded. | Leaf Details | Leaves, compound, alternate, pinnate, stipules membranous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, leaflets 10-50 pairs, linear-oblong, apex obtuse, mucronate, base acute, glabrous on both surfaces. |
