| Trailing Sesban |
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| File size | 382326 |
| Original date | 1/10/16 1:09 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/160s |
| Aperture | 11.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D3300 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Sesbania procumbens Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Aeschynomene procumbens
Synonyms: Aeschynomene procumbens
Trailing Sesban is an erect prickly annual herb,
1-1.5 m tall. Branchlets are hairless, triped; leaves compound. up to
15 cm long. Leaflets are linear, 1-1.5 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, blunt,
with rounded base. Flowers are yellow, borne in pairs in leaf axils.
Pods are straight, erect, torulose, up to 25 cm long, beaked, seeds
small, many. Trailing Sesban is a common weed of cultivated land and
wasteland. Trailing Sesban is endemic to Peninsular India. Flowering:
September-April.
| Identification credit: S. Kasim | Photographed in Puzhal, Chennai. |
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