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  • अगस्तिकुसुमं
  • अङ्गनाप्रिय
  • अङ्गारकः
  • अङ्गारवल्लरी
  • अजकर्णः
  • अजगन्धिका
  • अजटा
  • अजडा
  • अजमॊदा
  • अजश्रृङ्गिका
  • अजाजी
  • अटरूषः
  • अटरूषकः
  • अतसी
  • अतिचरा
  • Name - अगस्तिकुसुमं

    Botanical name - Sesbania grandiflora

    Description - Medium-sized tree. Leaves pinnate; leaflets linear-oblong, glabrous. Flowers white, pink or crimson, in 2 to 4-flowered racemes. Pods pendulous septate.

    Chemical Constituents- Leaves contain saponin, oleanolic acid, galactose, rhamnose and glucuronic acid. Seeds contain saponin, kaempferol diglucoside, leucocyanidin and cyanidin-3-glucoside.

    Use - Juice of roots with honey given as an expectorant. Bark tonic and febrifuge; decoction taken in small doses in diarrhoea and dysentery. Powdered bark applied to scabies; also used in the ulceration of tongue and alimentary canal. Flower juice dropped in eyes to improve vision. Seeds emmenagogue.