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Crotalaria obtecta var. glabrescens
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria obtecta Graham ex Wight & Arn. var. glabrescens (Benth.) Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 79. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 297(210). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 125. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 141. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 94. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 48. 2000; Ansari, Crotalaria India 121. 2008.
Crotalaria glabrescens Benth. in Hook.'s London J. Bot. 3: 563. 1844.
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Description:
Erect shrubs, to 2 m high; stem pilose. Leaves to 7.5 x 3.5 cm, obovate, obtuse, acute at base, thinly golden brown hairy; petiole 5 mm long; stipule filiform. Raceme to 26 cm long, terminal. Flowers ca 20 in a raceme; pedicels 8 mm long, bracteolate at middle; bracts lanceolate; calyx 2 cm long, lobes falcate, densely dark brown hairy; standard 2.5 cm across, yellow with pink tomentose lines on back; wings 2 x 1.2 cm, clawed; keel 22 mm long, densely tomentose along margins. Pods 5.5 x 1.6 cm, oblong, densely dark brown, hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kumarikulam, Kottamala, Arjunankotta, Lock-hert gap, Ponmudi, Vellarimala
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