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Family: Papilionaceae	Genus: Sesbania	Species: Sesbania sesban (Linn.) Merr.( ढैंचा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Aeschynomene sesban Linn., Coronilla sesban Willd., Emerus sesban (Linn.) Kuntze	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Jayanti, Dhaincha, Jait, Jainti, Rawasan	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Egyptian Rattle Pod, Common Sesban	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Dhaincha	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 2200 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit a pods pale yellow, linear, usually cylindrical or compressed, rarely oblong; up to 40 seeds are found in a pod; seeds oblong or subquadrate, brown or dark green mottled with black.
Habitat	Occurs in marshy fields, wastelands.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Native to Chad, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and exotic to India, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa	Bark Details	Bark smooth, dark Brown
Distribution in Haryana	Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Oblong
Description of Species	Small tree or shrub, narrow-crowned, up to 8 m tall. Leaves paripinnate, long, narrow; leaflets in many pairs, rounded or oblong, usually asymmetric at the base, often glaucous; stipules minute or absent. Flowers yellow, variegated, solitary or paired in short axillary racemes, all petals long clawed, standard orbicular or obovate. Fruit a pods pale yellow, linear, usually cylindrical or compressed, rarely oblong; up to 40 seeds are found in a pod; seeds oblong or subquadrate, brown or dark green mottled with black.	Leaf Details	Leaves paripinnate, long, narrow; leaflets in many pairs, rounded or oblong, usually asymmetric at the base, often glaucous; stipules minute or absent.

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