Crotalaria madurensis Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species : Crotalaria madurensis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria madurensis Wight & Arn.
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Key identification features : Highly branched, hairy undershrubs. Leaves are simple, densely arranged, dark yellowish on both surfaces. Flowers are yellowish, silky-hairy, glabrous in axillary-terminal panicles. Calyx is deeply lobed, yellowish-brown, silky, hairy turns black when dried. Fruit is a long, yellowish, hairy pod.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : October-March
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka, Vol. 1; 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 madurensis. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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