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Crotalaria barbata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria barbata Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 181.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:76.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 294 (207). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 116.1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 178. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 92. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 162. 2005; ; Ansari, Crotalaria India 77. 2008.
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Description:
Shrubs, to 2 m high; stems terete, densely adpressed hairy. Leaves to 12 x 4 cm, elliptic to oblanceolate, obtuse at apex, densely hairy below; petiole 5 mm long. Racemes to 20 cm long, terminal. Flowers 3-7 in a racemes; pedicels 2 cm long; bracts ovate; calyx 15 mm long, lobes linear, densely hairy; standard 2 cm across, orbicular, tomentose along back; wings 1.5 cm long; keel densely tomentose along the margins. Pods 45 x 13 mm, glabrous; seeds many, 4.5 x 4 mm, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
2000-2700
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Localities:
Sabarimala, Mannarappara, Kunda hills
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