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Crotalaria peduncularis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria peduncularis Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 186. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 74. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 293(207). 1918; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 122. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 127. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 94. 1998; Ansari, Crotalaria India 274. 2008.
Crotalaria elegans Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 2, 19: 178. 1858 & Ic. t. 106. 1868-1874.
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Description:
Undershrubs, to 1 m tall, glabrous; stems striate. Leaves to 17 x 1 cm, glabrous, stipule absent. Racemes terminal, many-flowered; bracts 10 mm long, ovate, shortly decurrent along the rachis. Flowers distant; pedicels 2.5 cm long; calyx 10 mm long, lobes acute; standard 15 mm across; pale yellow; wings 10 x 5 mm, verrucose; keel ciliate along the margins. Pods 6 x 1.5 cm, stalked; seeds dull yellow, shining.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and savannahs
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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:
100-1700
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Localities:
Mangaladevi, Kavalappara
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