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Crotalaria pallida Aiton

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Crotalaria pallida Aiton
Crotalaria pallida Aiton
Crotalaria pallida Aiton
Crotalaria pallida Aiton
Crotalaria pallida Aiton
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCrotalaria brownei DC.
synonymCrotalaria falcata DC.
synonymCrotalaria fertilis Delile
synonymCrotalaria hookeri Arn.
synonymCrotalaria mucronata Desv.
synonymCrotalaria pisiformis Guill. & Perr.
synonymCrotalaria siamica F.N.Williams
synonymCrotalaria striata DC.
synonymCrotalaria striata var. acutifolia Trin.
synonymCrotalaria tinctoria Baill.
synonymCrotalaria zuccarininana D.Dietr.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Ghantakarna
  • Jhun-jhuniya
Other
  • Jelligai Mollai
  • Jungli Tag
  • Salts/ Smooth Rattlebox
  • San
  • Smooth Crotalaria
  • Smooth Rattlepod
  • Smooth/ Streaked Rattlepod
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb/ Shrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Contributors
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    Diagnostic Keys
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    📚 Natural History
    Morphology
    Flower

    A terminal raceme, yellow, striped with red. Flowering throughout the year.

    Fruit

    A pod, oblong, green. Seeds many, reniform. Fruiting throughout the year.

    Leaf Apices

    Apiculate

    Leaf arrangement

    Alternate

    Leaf Bases

    Cuneate

    Leaf Margins

    Entire

    Leaf Shapes

    Obovate

    Leaf Types

    Trifoliate

    Habit

    An erect herbaceous shrub.

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      📚 Habitat and Distribution
      General Habitat
      Introduced, native to Central and Tropical America. Found in plains, upto 1000m. Has also spread to Tropical Africa, Asia, Malaysia, Queensland.
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        Dry gravel, sandy beds of streams
        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Contributors
        StatusUNDER_CREATION
        LicensesCC_BY
        References
          Description
          Global Distribution

          India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Odisha; Tropical, Central America

          Indian Distribution

          Bongaigaon, Eastern Assam

          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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          StatusUNDER_CREATION
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            📚 Occurrence
            No Data
            📚 Uses and Management
            Uses
            Ants feed on the nectar. Cattle stay away from the plant. Children play with the fruits as a rattle.
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              📚 Information Listing

              Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies

              Journal of Threatened Taxa
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              📚 Meta data
              🐾 Taxonomy
              📊 Temporal Distribution
              📷 Related Observations
              👥 Groups
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