Sesbania grandiflora - Agasti

Agasti, Sesbania grandiflora

Agasti Sesbania grandiflora is a short-lived, soft-wooded, loosely-branching tree with a rather open crown; it can grow 8 - 15 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 25 - 30cm in diameter. A true multi-purpose tree, providing a range of foods, medicines, timber, gum and tannins, mainly for local use. The plant is cultivated in many tropical areas as an ornamental, a green manure crop, in soil reclamation schemes and for its many useful properties. It is sold as a vegetable in local markets.

Uses

Constipation, Diarrhea, Respiratory disorders, Food poisoning, Cracked feet

Parts Used

Bark, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits, Root

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	agasemara, agasi
Hindi	agast, agasti,
Malayalam	agatti, akatti
Tamil	agathi, agathi keerai
Telugu	agasi, agathi, bakapushpam
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	agasthya, agasti, kumbhayonih, munidruma, vakrapushpa, munitaru
English

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Rasa

Tikta (Bitter)

Guna

Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

katu (Pungent)

Karma

Pitta, Kapha

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Pinnate	alternate	Leaves 18-30 cm long; leaflets 12-25 pairs, 1.5-3.5 x 0.6-1.2 cm, oblong, base rounded, apex obtuse, emarginate, glabrous to appressed-pubescent on both surfaces, glaucous beneath; stipules 5-8 mm long, ovate

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	racemes	Pale yellow/purple	10	Racemes to 8 cm long, lax, 2-4-flowered. Flowers 7.5-10 cm long, pendulous; pedicels to 2 cm long; bracts and bracteoles 3-4 mm long, linear-oblong. Calyx 2-3 cm long, campanulate; lobes triangular. Corolla pink or white, 7.5 -10 cm long; standard to 10 x 6 cm, reflexed. Staminal sheath 3.5-6 cm long.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
A Pod	30 - 45cm long, 5-8 mm wide	slender, falcate or straight.		Seeds c. 30, reddish-brown.	{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

The plant is easily propagated by direct seeding, cuttings also easily sprout.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

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