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Aeschynomene aspera
About
Aeschynomene aspera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is also known by the names sola, shola sola pith plant, pith plant, laugauni (Hindi), Bendu-chettu (Telugu), ponguchedi (Malayalam) or Netti (Tamil). The low density wood of this plant is used to make hats known as pith helmets or sola topis.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Aeschynomene aspera
- Slug
- aeschynomene-aspera
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Aeschynomene
- Species
- aspera
- Wikidata QID
- Q4688546
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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