- Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species : Crotalaria prostrata
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria prostrata Willd.
- Vernacular name : Serigally gista (Tel.); Vishnukarni (Ori.)
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0506; HJCB-0498
- Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & Navendu Page
- Collection Date : 25/02/16
- Collection Locality : Mahanadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nayagarh District, Odisha State
- Habitat : Stream banks of Sal Forest
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Native : India
- Comments : Occasional on hills slopes and stream banks of deciduous forests to 750 m.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot), Pacchamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills, Sambalpur district, Kalahandi district, Nayagarh district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, South-East Asia, Malesia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R.S. Rao and S.H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H.O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; 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 prostrata. Downloaded on 4 April 2025.
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