Agasthi
| Botanical name: | Sesbania grandiflora |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Local name: | Agasthi |
| Common name: | Vegetable Hummingbird |
| Parts used: | Flower |
| Plant character: | It is a small leguminous and fast-growing tree with compound leaves and large white, red or pink flowers. Pods are elongated and drooping. Plant grows under adequate sunlight but can be grown in semi-shade condition. It is mostly grown as an ornamental and economic plant. |
USES:
Sesbania grandiflora flowers are used as a medicine to cure night blindness, chronic cough, swelling, sprains, dysentery and malaria.
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