Crotalaria pallida Aiton

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species : Crotalaria pallida
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria pallida Aiton
  • Common name : American Crotalaria
  • Vernacular name : Sensan (Hin.); Junjunka (Ori.)
  • Key identification features : A large glabrescent herb. Leaves are trifoliate, elliptic, membranous. Racemes are many-flowered. Calyx up to a cm long. Corolla twice as long as calyx and exserted. Pod is oblong, much exceeding the calyx.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
  • Native : Tropical America
  • Comments : Introduced. Common in plains and degraded lands up to 1000 m.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
  • World Distribution : Tropical America; Introduced in Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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 pallida. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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