Agastya

Name: Agastya

Description:

Botanical name : Sesbania grandiflora (Linn.) Poir.

Family : Fabaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Agastya, Munitaru, Vangasenaka

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES 

Rasa : Tikta  Guna : Lakhu, RookshaVirya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Swamp peaHindi : Agast, Hathya Malayalam : Agatti. 

PLANT DESCRIPTION 

Small, soft wooded tree grows up to 9 meters in height. The plant is short living and quick growing in nature. Leaves are 15-30 cm long and pinnately compound. Leaflets are 40 – 60. Flowers are long with beautiful, fleshy, white, pink or red petals. Pods are 30 cm long, flat or 4 cornered. Seeds are pale and about 15-30 in numbers per pod. 

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES 

Plant pacifies vitiated vata, rheumatism, fever, arthritis, scabies and night blindness. It is one of the richest natural sources of vitamin A. Useful part : Seed, bark and leaves