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Crotalaria obtecta var. obtecta
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria obtecta Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 185. 1834, var. obtecta; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 79. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 297(210). 1918; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 72. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 125. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 36. 1996; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 196. 2002; Ansari, Crotalaria India 119. 2008.
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Description:
Shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, 3.5-7 x 2-4 cm, elliptic ovate to obovate, obtuse at apex, cuneate at base, velvetty below when young, sparsely hairy on ageing. Stipules 0.5-0.7 cm long, subulate, deciduous. Racemes many-flowered. Calyx 2-2.5 cm long, lobes 5, densely brown hairy. Petals yellow, 2-2.5 cm long; standard with few lines of brown hairs; wings with scaly folds; keels cottony on the inner margins. Stamens 10, linear, sagitate; sheath 0.8-1 cm long, filaments free, 0.8-1 cm long. Ovary 0.5-0.6 cm long, ovoid, densely brown hairy; style 2-2.3 cm long, incurved, brown silky; stigma hairy on inner side; ovules many. Pods 4-5 x 1.5-2 cm, oblong; seeds many, 0.4-0.5 cm diam., compressed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Palakkad, Kottayam, Kannur
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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:
1000-1800
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Localities:
Walakkad, Chemungi, Pongalapara, Agasthymala peak
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