Local Name : Bokphul (Assamese), Bak, Buko (Bengali), Agasti (Hindi)
Scientific Name: Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poiret
English Name : Swamp pea
| Bark | Smooth |
| Commercial Value | Medicine and Fodder |
| Flower Color | White, Red and Pink |
| Flowering Time | June and May |
| Fruit Type | Pod |
| Fruiting Time | July and August |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic and Pinnate |
| Nursery technique | Seeds are sown in polythene bags soon after collection in May, and watered regularly. Germination starts on the third day of sowing and is complete within a week to ten days. Seedlings grow very rapidly and are fit for planting out in about a month. |
| Plant parts used | Leaves and Flower |
| Planting mechanism | The species can be raised both by direct sowing and polythene bag.Direct Sowing: The site is burnt and patches well worked beforehand. Sowing is done in early June, at the break of monsoon rains. Seedlings are kept well weeded and tinned. For pulpwood plantations, patches may be as 0.9 m x 0.9m.Polythene bag plants are planted out in pits, 30 cm3, in June- July of the same year of sowing; optimum spacing appears to be 1.2 m x 1.2 m. |
| Recurring Financial Return | ₹5,000-₹10,000 |
| Recurring Harvesting Period | 10 Years onwards |
| Seed Collection Time | February |
| Site Suitability | All Areas |
| Tree Character | Deciduous |
