Smithia sensitiva Aiton (Syn: Aeschynomene tribuloides Baill.; Damapana sensitiva (Aiton) Kuntze; Petagnana sensitiva (Aiton) J.F.Gmel.; Smithia javanica Benth.);
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SMITH-ee-uh — named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith … Wikisource
sen-si-TEE-vuh — sensitive
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commonly known as: sensitive smithia • Assamese: অলক্ষণী alokhyani • Bengali: নল কশীন nala-kashina • Gujarati: કાવળે kavale • Hindi: ओदाबिरनी odabirni • Konkani: कवला kavla • Marathi: चिमुर्ली chimurli, लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/09/smithia-sensitiva-aiton.html
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Native to: China, Japan, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, tropical Australia
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India (N); Andhra Pradesh ; Arunachal Pradesh ; Assam ; Bihar; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli ; Delhi ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Haryana ; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir ; Karnataka ; Kerala; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra ; Manipur; Meghalaya; Mizoram ; Nagaland; Orissa ; Pondicherry; Punjab; Rajasthan ; Sikkim ; Tamil Nadu; Tripura ; Uttar Pradesh ; West Bengal & other countries as per ILDIS;
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Ascending annual herb with membranous stipules; leaves pinnate, with up to 10 pairs of leaflets, sensitive to touch, up to 3 cm long, with long hairs, spine-tipped; flowers yellow in axillary racemes; bracteoles adnate to calyx, ovate; calyx 5-8 mm long, setose; corolla slightly longer than calyx; fruit a loment, papillate, with 4-6 joints
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Smithia sensitiva 1:
Have vast tracks of my property at Shahapur covered with Sensitive Smithia when flowering occurs between the months of August to October. Fruiting generally occurs in October. Sending a few of my photographs.


Great display. Thanks for showing the fruits(Pods) too…..described as flattened; 3-6 jointed; orbicular reddish brown. Many pairs of leaflets also visible in the pictures.


Nepali Name : लजाउने झार Lajaaune Jhaar 



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Smithia sensitiva 2:
Sending a few more of my photographs.



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Plz id this herb: pa17 – 30oct2012:
Another herb with yellow flowers for id if possible. It is quite short maybe around 2 feet or so.


This looks like Sensitive Smithia [Smithia sensitiva]. Some of my photographs of this are available at these links:
efi thread 1
efi thread 2


Thank you … for the id. Your pix of the butterflies on this plant are wonderful.


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Wild Plant for ID : Pali,Maharashtra : 261112 : AK-1:
Saw this small wild plant at a farm in Pali, Maharashtra on 23/11/12.
Plant very small, less than a foot tall.
Could this be Smithia species?


Smithia sensitiva



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Small Herb for ID : Pali,Maharashtra : 271112 : AK-2:
A small herb seen at Pali, Maharashtra on 23/11/12 growing prostrate.

Some Smithia?
Is it the same Smithia sensitiva posted yesterday?
Kindly confirm id.

Smithia sensitiva , Fabaceae 🙂


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SGNP, Sep 2014 :: Requesting ID of this (Smithia)? :: ARKSEP-31 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
Requesting to please ID this plant captured en route to Kanheri Caves, SGNP in Sep 2014.
Is it Smithis sensitiva?

Yes it is Smithia sensitiva Aiton


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Fabaceae Fortnight: Smithia sensitiva:: Kanheri caves:: NAOCT3 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Photographed on 11th of October on 2015


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Smithia sensitiva Aiton
at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on October 18, 2008 
along Ghodbunder Road on September 13, 2008 
at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on September 12, 2009
at BNHS – CEC on September 9, 2007
at off Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh on August 23, 2008


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Smithia sensitiva Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 496. 1789
Ascending annual herb with membranous stipules; leaves pinnate, with up to 10 pairs of leaflets, sensitive to touch, up to 3 cm long, with long hairs, spine-tipped; flowers yellow in axillary racemes; bracteoles adnate to calyx, ovate; calyx 5-8 mm long, setose; corolla slightly longer than calyx; fruit a loment, papillate, with 4-6 joints
Photographed from Bangalore in September, 2015


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Herb for Id | 02July11AR01:
The flower and leaflet structure of the plant draw close to Smithia sensitivaFabaceae.
Date/Time-07 Nov 2010
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Chandagal Village, Mysore dist.
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Wild
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Herb
Height/Length-approx – 1.5 ft, 1-1.43 feet, hairy stem
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape -Leaflet– 7 to 15pairs,  1.5cms, margin smooth,
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-1-1.5cms, Yellow,

If its carpeting the floor its most likely Smithia sensitiva… and not sesbania  which are mostly erect bush or herb or tree…. and seedpods asre different anatomically….
did you see seedpods?  photoged?

As there are many species in Smithia its difficult to id with some photos, but surely some Smithia sp. (may be S. sensitiva i guess), not Sesbania or Aeschynomene (they are erect herbs or undershrubs)


S. sensitiva of Leguminosae would be the most probable choice.


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SMITH-ee-uh — named for Sir James Edward Smith, British botanist and physician
sen-si-TEE-vuh — sensitive
Oct 18, 2008 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
commonly known as: sensitive smithia • Bengali: nalakashina • Hindi: ओदाबिरनी odabirni • Konkani: कावडा kawda, कायळो kayalo • Marathi: लाजाळू कवला lajalu kavala
Native to: China, Japan, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, tropical Australia
some views: Sep 12, 2009 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
Aug 23, 2008 … along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra



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Family: Fabaceae
Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wild, in rice fields and grasslands
Altitude: 100 to 200 m above msl

Thanks for showing this Smithia sensitiva

Leaflets 3-10 pairs. Slender plant. Flowers in short racemes.
Smithia conferta would have 5 pairs and flowers solitary or in pairs in axils of crowded leaves.



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Sagargad flora : 3 posts by 3 authors.
Smithia racemosa 2.jpg

It may be Smithia sensitiva Aiton as per images herein.



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Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Smithia sensitiva Aiton from Assam KD 07 OCT15 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Attached images may be Smithia sensitiva Aiton. Pl. validate


Smithia sensitiva



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Unknown Fabaceae sp. from Assam : Attachments (5). 5 posts by 4 authors.
Attached images are unknown Fabaceae species. Please ID the species.
Date :06.11.2013
Location: Kamrup district
Family : Fabaceae
Genus & species : Unknown
Habitat: Grows wild
Habit : Herb

Any Smithia sp.?


It could be Smithia sensitiva


Smithia sensitiva as per another thread.

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Smithia sensitiva : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Smithia sensitiva
Uran, Maharashtra
third week of September 2018


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Sonepat, Haryana, 10th April 09; 25th August, 2009- Sanjay Gandhi National Park; last week of Sept 2009, at SGNP, Borivali – Mumbai; between Chiplun and Ganpatipule, Maharashtra taken on 12 September 2010; 

5 pictures from the plateau from Chiplun to Ganpatipule – efloraofindia | Google Groups
(100409SCS5-6) Smithia sensitiva – indiantreepix | Google Groups
PLANT 147 SMP OCT09 Smithia sensitiva – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Sensitive Smithia – indiantreepix | Google Groups


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Peth Kothaligad, September 2021 :: Fabaceae 3 for ID :: ARK2022-003: 5 images.

This was clicked at Peth Kothaligad hill fort near Karjat, MH in September 2021.
Could this be Smithia sensitiva?
Requested to please ID.


Smithia sensitiva Aiton


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Names of Plants in India :: Smithia sensitiva Aiton: 1 image.

SMITH-ee-uh — named for British botanist and physician Sir James Edward Smith … Wikisource
sen-si-TEE-vuh — sensitivecommonly known as: sensitive smithia • Assamese: অলক্ষণী alokhyani • Bengali: নল কশীন nala-kashina • Gujarati: કાવળે kavale • Hindi: ओदाबिरनी odabirni • Konkani: कवला kavla • Marathi: चिमुर्ली chimurli, लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawlabotanical namesSmithia sensitiva Aiton … homotypic synonymsDamapana sensitiva (Aiton) Kuntze • Petagnana sensitiva (Aiton) J.F.Gmel. … POWO, retrieved 01 September 2024

Bibliography / etymology

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
sensitive smithia
  • for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved September 01, 2024
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
অলক্ষণী alokhyani
  • Many thanks to Ashim Gogoi for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
নল কশীন nala-kashina
  • BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
  • the name rendered in native script needs validation
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: DelhiUttar PradeshBiharChhattisgarhHaryanaJharkhandMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
ओदाबिरनी odabirni
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: GujaratDadra & Nagar HaveliDaman & Diu
કાવળે kavale
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कवला kavla
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
चिमुर्ली chimurli
लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla
  • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andaman & Nicobar islands, *Andhra Pradesh,
*Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli,
Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
*Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, *Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, *Manipur, *Meghalaya, *Mizoram, *Nagaland,
*Odisha, *Pondicherry, *Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim,
*Tamil Nadu, *Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 13:23 01-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 14:14 02-09-2024 ~~~~~
I was not able to find any Malayalam name for this plant.
I think we should be able to coin a Malayalam name on lines of Marathi name “लाजाळू कवला lajalu kawla” … here “लाजाळू lajalu” = shy … may be “ലജ്ജയുള്ള മുതിര” or any other word instead of ലജ്ജയുള്ള.
No hurry dear Sam ji, and please ignore the request if coining this name is cumbersome.

The name ‘ലജ്ജയുള്ള’ is inappropriate.


Okay, thank you very very much,
I will let this species remain as-is, without Malayalam name.


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