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Crotalaria wightiana
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria wightiana Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 181. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 291(205). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 131. 1992; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 50. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 96. 1998; ; Ansari, Crotalaria India 72. 2008.
Crotalaria rubiginosa Willd. var. wightiana (Graham ex Wight & Arn.) Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 70. 1876.
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Description:
Shrubs, to 1.5 m high; stem terete, densely hairy. Leaves to 10 x 7 cm, obovate, obtuse to retuse at apex, acute at base; densely fulvous hairy; nerves glandular; stipules decurrent, broadened into a triangular upper part. Raceme 3-5-flowered, axillary; bracts ovate; bracteoles larger. Flowers 25 mm long; calyx 25 mm long, lobes lanceolate, unequal, hairy; standard 17 mm across, orbicular, thinly pubescent along back; keel pubescent along the margins. Pods 4.5 x 1.3 cm, oblong, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along margins of shola forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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:
Swamikkayam
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