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Sesbania bispinosa

Authority	(Jacq.) W.F. Wight
Family	Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae
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Ecocrop code	9712

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A soft-wooded, prickly, subshrub growing up to 2 m tall. On open sites it is branched and spreading, while in crowded stands it is tall and straight. USES It is grown for fiber, fodder, fuel, and green manure. Stems provide a strong, lasting fiber used for fishnet cordage and salicloth. Leaves can be used as forage and poultry feed. The seeds are edible and used as a food source in times of famine. The plant can also be used for paper production. It is mentioned as a possible agroforestry species. GROWING PERIOD Fast-growing annual, growing 60-100 days for fodder, 150-170 days for mature seeds, and about 180 for fuel. In the tropics two harvests may be obtained per year. In India the seeds are sown in June-July, and the crop is ready to cut in September-October. COMMON NAMES Danicha, Prickly sesban, Canicha, Jantar, Dunchi fiber. FURTHER INF Scientific synonyms: S. aculeata, S. cannabina, Coronilla cannabina. Danicha can be found at elevations between sea level and 1200 m. The plant grows fast, seeds freely, and reportedly can become a noxious weed in rice paddies and in maize. The species is probably indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. The plant is nitrogen fixing. Seed yields may be 600-1000 kg/ha, f
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SOURCES (S. bispinosa (Jacq.) W.F. Wight) Little E 1983 pp 254-256 [USE, FER, SAL, DRA, RAIN, PH, LIMIT] Sims D (pers. comm.) Roecklein J 1987 pp 119 [USE, LIMIT, DRA, TEXT, RAIN, TEMP] Duke J 1981 pp 216-217 319 [DRA, TEXT, LIG, LIMIT, RAIN, TEMP, PH] Kernick M 1961 pp 341 Evans D 1987 Evans D 1990 Duke J 1975 pp 27 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] National RC 1980 pp 60-61 [TEXT, DRA, USE, TEMP, RAIN, SAL, LIMITS] National RC 1983c pp 71 [RAIN, SAL, PH, TEXT, DRA] Hensleight T 1988 pp 385 [TEMP, RAIN, TEXT, SAL, PH, DRA, USE]