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Aeschynomene aspera

Plants

Family: Fabaceae · Genus: Aeschynomene

Aeschynomene aspera

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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.

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Growing details and traits for Aeschynomene aspera in the Library.

No cultivars in the Library yet — the full profile above covers the species itself.