Sesbania procumbens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Basionym : Aeschynomene procumbens Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sesbania procumbens (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist places
  • Key identification features : Annual diffuse prickly herb
  • Flower, Fruit : July-January
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district, Anantapur district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Puri district, Khurda district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sesbania procumbens. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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