Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Sesbania sesban
Scientific Name and Description
Sesbania sesban (L.) MERR.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Sesbania aegyptiaca POIR.
Sesbania sesban (L.) MERR. subsp. sesban var. sesban
Sesbania sesban (L.) MERR. subsp. sesban var. sesban
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | common sesban, egyptian rattle pod, sesban |
| Hindi | dhandiain, ekad, jainti, jait, janjhan, jayanti, jet, jetrasin, jhijam, jhijan, rasin, rawasan |
| Kannada | arasina jeeragi, arasinagurgi, arasinajinangi, arisina jeenangi, arisinajinangi, jayanthi, jayanti, jeenangi, jinangi, karee jeenangi, karijeenangi-mara, karijinangi |
| Malayalam (7) | cempa, chempa, kedangu, kitannu, mellitali, nellittali, shempa |
| Marathi | jaanjana, janjan, jayat, jayath, joth, karumsembai, sevari, shevari, shewari |
| Sanskrit | balamota, jaintjaintar, jaya, jayanti, jayantika, jayaya, jyantika, nadeyi, raja, rajam, suksmamula, suksmapatra, vaijayanti |
| Tamil | acanapanni, arakkukatti, arakkuvakatti, asnapanni, cakutai, calayapattini, caralakotaramaram, caranakotaram, catari, cayanti1, celuttakan, cempai,cempaimaram, ceyantiyacam, champai, chembai, chempai, chittakatti, cintuci, cintukimaram, ciriyamaratti, ciriyamatti, cirrakatti, citalam, citalankay, cittakatti, cittatatti, cittuvam, civappuccirrakatti, cumatakam, cutcumamulam, iyakatam1, iyakatutumaram, kanakam, karumsembai, karuncempai, karuncirrakatti, karuncittakattimaram, karunjembai, karunjembi, kataikkilincamuli, kayanteriyan, marutantamuli, nellittali, palakonta, paracita, payacumiruta, piccakatti, piccakkatti, piccankatti, sagudai, sembai, sithagathi, sittagatti, turavi, turuparitamaram, umaritamaram, uparacitam, vintacam |
| Telugu | dzalugu, jalugu, lingachima, lingacimma, lingashimma, mallasominta, nallasominta, nullasomuttie, somanti, sominta, somintha, suiminta |
| Urdu | jait |
| Common name | Egyptian riverhemp, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr
Habit - Tree
Parts used - Seed, leaves
Application - Dysentry; diaherroea; fever
Treatment - General
References - Gairola et al. 2013
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Gairola et al. 2013
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Sesbania sesban. (2024, February 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesbania_sesban