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Crotalaria leptostachya
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria leptostachya Benth. in Hook., London J. Bot. 2: 562. 1843; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 78. 1876; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 123. 1992; Ansari, Crotalaria India 99. 2008.
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Description:
Erect, fulvous-pubescent stiff shrubs; stems and branches tetragonous. Leaves simple, alternate, 8-14 x 1.0-2.5 cm, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, rounded at base, acute and apiculate at apex, silky hairy on both surfaces, subsessile, membranous; lateral veins numerous, distinct; stipules minute, caducous. Racemes terminal and lateral, elongated, 15-30 cm long. Flowers 12-20, pedicels short, fulvous; bracts small, subulate, hairy. Calyx 6-8 mm long, clothed with fulvous silky glistering hairs, tube very short, lobes long, triangular, acute, the 2 upper lobes divaricate, slightly broader and a little more deeply divided than the 3 lower lobes. Petals yellow, as long as calyx; vexillum suborbicular, glabrous. Pods sessile, oblong, 1.5-2.0 cm long, densely fulvous-silky; seeds 4-6.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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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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