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Crotalaria grahamiana
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria grahamiana Wight & Arn., Prodr. 194.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 85. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 301(213). 1918; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 121. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 120. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 139. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 93. 1998; Ansari, Crotalaria India 297. 2008.
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Description:
Stout subshrubs, to 1 m tall; stems terete, villous. Leaf 5-8-foliolate; leaflets to 7 x 2 cm, digitate, oblanceolate, obtuse, glabrous above; petiole to 10 cm long. Racemes to 30 cm long, terminal; bracts 18 x 2 mm, linear-lanceolate, hairy. Flowers many, densely packed. Calyx 12 mm long, lobes equal, ovate, acute, glabrous; standard 2.5 x 2 mm, obovate, glabrous; wings 20 x 8 mm, verrucose; keel densely hairy along the margins. Pods 6 x 1.8 cm, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and montane scrub jungles
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
100-1800
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Localities:
Thannikkudy, Boneccord
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