• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Crotalaria angulata
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria angulata Mill.
• Common name : Rabbit Bells
• Key identification features : A diffuse silky herb with a stout rootstock. Leaves are simple, cordate-lanceolate, membranous and alternate. Inflorescence is lateral with flowers in pairs, rarely solitary, up to 2.5 cm, bright and beautiful. Pod is sub-orbicular and hairy.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : November-February
• Comments : Occasional on foothills of scrub jungles and in moist and dry deciduous forests. Also, along riverside and grazing ground in full sun.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Talakona R.F. (Chittoor district), Palamner Forest Range (Chittoor district), Kalasamudram R.F. (Ananthapur district), Guvvalacheruvu R.F. (Kadapa district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria angulata. Downloaded on 6 July 2025.

Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Images