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Crotalaria retusa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria retusa L., Sp. Pl. 715. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 75. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 293(207). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 78. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 142. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 122. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 133. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 122. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 175. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 128. 1992; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 152. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 143. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 96. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 135. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 89. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 183. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 95. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 88. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 88. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 197. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 165. 2005; Ansari, Crotalaria India 275. 2008; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 210. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 275. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chana, Kilukilikki, Kilukiluppa, Mathru-ghathini, Thanthalakkotti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Big Yellow Pupbush, Cascabelillo, Large Yellow Rattlebox, Rattlebox, Rattleweed, Wedge-Leaf Rattlepod, Yellow Lupin
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Description:
Erects herbs or subshrubs up to 1.75 m tall; branches striate, minutely pubescent. Leaves simple, alterenate, 2-8 x 1-3 cm, oblanceolate or obovate, apex obtuse or retuse, base cuneate, glabrous above, puberulent and glaucous below; stipules minute, subulate. Flowers in few to many-flowered terminal racemes; bracts 4-6 mm long, subulate. Calyx 0.8-1 cm long, puberulous without; lobes 5, broadly ovate, acuminate. Petals yellow with red striations; standard orbicular; wings with scaly folds; keels with a line of cottony hairs on inner margin. Staminal sheath 6-7 mm long; filaments 5-7 mm long. Ovary 0.8-1 cm long; ovules many; style 1-1.5 cm long; stigma pubescent. Pods 3-4 x 0.8-1 cm, oblong, cylindrical, slightly broader upwards; seeds 15-20, c. 3 mm long, light brown to black.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
All vegetation types, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Throughout the tropics
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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:
400-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Vazhachal, Ponmudi, Kattalappara, Kulathupuzha, Karumpara, Attathodu, Uppupara, Koruthode, Karimala, Chandanathode, Adoor, Sabarimala, Arampa, Ambayathode, Kannoth, Kumbla, Manjeswar, Devicolam, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Karasurymala, Karumudi,
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