Neeraj Kumar Vikas Kumar

Sector 10, Gurugram, Haryana

Sesban (Sesbania sesban(L.) Merr.) is a fast-growing, perennial legume tree, reaching a height of up to 8 m. It has a shallow root system and its stems may reach 12 cm in diameter. Leaves are pinnately compound with 6 to 27 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are linear oblong, 26 mm long x 5 mm broad. sesbania, Sesbania, Sesbania seed, sesbania seeds, dhaincha seed, dhaincha seeds, Inflorescences are 30 cm long racemes bearing 2 to 20 yellow flowers with purple or brown streaks. Fruits are linear or slightly curved pods up to 30 cm long. Pods contain 10 to 50 seeds (Ecoport, 2010; Ecocrop, 2010; Heering et al., 1992).

Sesban is used as forage (grazed or cut-and-carried), and as green manure. It provides good quality firewood and fibre for cordage. Leaves, flowers and seeds are eaten by humans (the seeds Sesban, common sesban, Egyptian rattle pod, Egyptian river hemp [English]; jayanti, puri [Indonesian]; janti, giyanti, kelor wana [Javanese]; Umunyegenyege [Kinyarwanda]; katodai [Tagalog]; in in, in thanh bi [Vietnamese]asAeschynomene sesban L., Emerus sesban(L.) Kuntze, Sesban aegyptiacaPoiret, Sesbania aegyptiacaPoiret, Sesbania confaloniana(Chiov.) Chiov., Sesbania pubescenssensu auct., Sesban aegyptiacusPoir., Sesbania aegyptiacavar.bicolorWight & Arn., Sesbania punctataDC. famine food). In Nigeria, Haryana, Rajesthan, punjab, UP ( uttar pradesh ), MP ( madhay pradesh ), Gujrat< chennai, Odisha, bihar, Ect a decoction of the leaves is used for ethno-veterinary purpose by the Hausa people, who wash animals dhaincha seeds, dhaincha gum seeds, sesbania gum seeds, dhaincha gum, sesbania gum, raw, sortex clean, machine clean, organic, bispinosa, grandiflora, sesban, beej, dhaincha beej, bejj, gum beej, gum seeds, pure, premium, with it to prevent bites by tsetse flies (Ecocrop, 2010; FAO, 2010; Heering et al., 1992; NAS, 1983).