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Crotalaria heyneana
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria heyneana Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 187. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 78. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 297(210). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 141. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 120. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 71. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 131. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 121. 1992; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 171. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 150. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 134. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 180. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 93. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 47. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 87. 2002; Ansari, Crotalaria India 265. 2008; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 273. 2009.
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Description:
Erect shrubs; stem 3-angled, villous. Leaves simple, alternate, 9 x 7 cm, ovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, minutely hairy below; stipule 7 mm broad, semi-lunar. Raceme to 20 cm long, terminal; bracts deflexed. Flowers numerous; pedicels 6-7 mm long, bracteolate at middle. Calyx 8 mm long, lobes ovate, acuminate, thinly hairy. Petals white or bluish white; standard 12 x 8 mm, glabrous; wings 10 x 6 mm; keel glabrous. Pods 35 x 13 mm, minutely hispid, clawed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
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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):
Violet, White
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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:
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Altitude:
-900
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Methaganam, Chokkampetti, Koruthode, Thunakkadavu, Arayad, Panthenthode border, Kannoth, Tirunalli, Parappa, Payyavur, Chindaki forest, Pathenthode, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Sappal hill-Dhoni R. F., Nedumkayam, Kanjirakadavu, Karul
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