Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Sesbania sesban subsp. punctata (DC.) J.B.Gillett

Sesbania sesban subsp. sesban

Sesbania sesban var. bicolor (Wight & Arn.) F.W.Andrews

Sesbania sesban var. nubica Chiov.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arakkukatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arakkuvakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arasina jeeragi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arasinagurgi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arasinajinangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arinintajinamgi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
arishimajingai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
arisina jeenangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arisinajinangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asnapanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
balaamotaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
balamota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakutai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calayapattini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caralakotaramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caranakotaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
celuttakan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempaimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceyantiyacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
champai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chembai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chempa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chempai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuchurangmei	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
cintuci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cintukimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciriyamaratti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciriyamatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirrakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citalankay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittatatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittuvam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappuccirrakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common sesban	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cumatakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutcumamulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaincha	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
dhandiain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dzalugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
egyptian rattle pod	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
egyptian rattlepod	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
egyptian riverhemp	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
egyptian sesban	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ekad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itthikkanni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
iyakatutumaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaanjana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jainta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jainti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaintjaintar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jait	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jaita	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jalugu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
janjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janjhan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jayaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jayanthi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jayanti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jayantika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jayantikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jayantipatra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jayantī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jayanṭī (leaf)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jayat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jayata	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jayath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jayaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jayā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jeenangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jetrasin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhijam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhijan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jinangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
joth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jwaalaamukhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jyantika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karee jeenangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karijeenangi-mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karijimangai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
karijinangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karum-sempai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karumsembai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karuncempai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuncirrakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuncittakattimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunjembai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunjembi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuñcempai ilai (leaf)	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
karuñciṟṟakatti	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kataikkilincamuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayanteriyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keshruuhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kitannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulekhara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
laxmiswan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lingachima	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lingacimma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lingashimma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mallasominta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marutantamuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mellitali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nadeyi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallasominta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelichettu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
nellittali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nowam	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
nullasomuttie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palakonta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paracita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payacumiruta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piccakatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piccakkatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piccankatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajashinganee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
rasin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rawasan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sagudai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saisaban	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sasaban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sembai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
semp	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
sendopui	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
senehe kola	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
sesban	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sevari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sewari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shempa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shevari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shewari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sisiban	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sithagathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sittagatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
somanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sominta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
somintha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suiminta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suksma patra	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
suksmamula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suksmapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suukshma-muulaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
suukshma-patraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
turuparitamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umaritamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uparacitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaijayanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vintacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wel murunga	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ye-tha-gyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
śūkṣma patra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Bark, leaf, seed, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves, shoots	dried leaves, tender shoot	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
seed, bark, leaves, flower, pollen	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf	fresh and dried leaf	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
leaf	dried leaf	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sesbania aegyptiaca Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 128 (1806), nom. superfl.
Aeschynomene sesban L. Sp. Pl.: 714 (1753).
Coronilla sesban (L.) Moench Methodus: 120 (1794).
Emerus sesban (L.) Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 696 (1815).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sesbania Sesban	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sesbania aegyptiaca	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sesbania aegyptiaca (Poir.) Pers.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Sesbania sesban	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. Pers.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. subsp. sesban	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. subsp. sesban var. sesban	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Sesbania sesban (L.) Merrill	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Sesbania sesban (L.)Merr.	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
Sesbania sesban (Linn.) Merr.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Sesbania sesban (Linn.) Merrill.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Sesbania sesban (Linnaeus) Merrill	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Sesbania sesban Merrill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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