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Crotalaria candicans
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria candicans Wight & Arn., Prodr. 184. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 298(211). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 118. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 86. 1999; Ansari, Crotalaria India 227. 2008.
Crotalaria madurensis sensu Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 79. 1876 p.p., non Wight & Arn. 1834.
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Description:
Shrubs, golden tomentose. Leaves 6.5 x 1.5 cm, oblanceolate, apex obtusely acute, base cuneate, densely tomentose; petiole 2 mm, thick. Panicles terminal, to 15 cm; bracts and bracteoles 1 cm long, orbicular, tomentose; pedicel 1 cm; calyx tube 3 mm, lobes 9 x 3 mm, lower 8 mm, tomentose; standard petal 1.5 x 1.2 cm, orbicular; wings 1 x 0.5 cm, obovate; keels 2 cm long, not twisted, staminal tube 5 mm, filaments 5 and 7 mm; ovary 3 mm, densely tomentose, style 1.2 cm, pubescent. Pod 3 x 1.2 cm, oblong, sessile, golden tomentose; seeds 10-12.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
100-2000
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Aruvikad
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