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Crotalaria semperflorens
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria semperflorens Vent., Descr. Nouv. Jard. Cels. t. 17. 1800; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 78. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 297(210). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 129. 1992; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 50. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 95. 1998; ; Ansari, Crotalaria India 280. 2008.
Crotalaria wallichianum Wight & Arn., Prodr. 187. 1834.
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Description:
Shrubs, to 1.5 m high; stems stout, minutely hispid. Leaves to 16 x 2 cm, obovate, obtuse at apex, acute at base, pubescent below; nerves to 10 pairs; petiole 1.5 cm long; stipule 1.5 x 1 cm, lunate. Raceme to 25 cm long; bracts lanceolate, 1 cm long. Flowers many; calyx 2 cm long, lobes lanceolate, hispid; standard 3 x 2 cm, glabrous, yellow; wings 2 x 1 cm, verrucose; keel glabrous. Pods 6 x 2.5 cm, obovate, clawed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along shola forest margins
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Distribution:
Peninsular India; widely distributed in Malesia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kumarikulam, Aruvikad
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