Fabaceae

Dunchi fiber

Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Sesbania

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Dunchi fiber (Sesbania bispinosa) — FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: سيسبان ثنائي الأشواك
Bangla: ধইঞ্চা
Burmese: ညံပင်
Chinese: 多刺田菁, 刺田菁
English: Dunchi fiber
French: Sesbane
Hindi: ढैंचा
mnw: ကလိ၊ တၞံ
Persian: لوبیای درختی خاردار

Synonyms

Aeschynomene bispinosa Jacq.
Coronilla aculeata Willd.
Emerus aculeatus Hornem.
Emerus sesban var. aculeata Kuntze
Sesbania aculeata Pers.

Flowers

In flower: March, September (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Son Coi, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Delince, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Antoinette Eyssell Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.