Crotalaria pulchra Andrews

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species : Crotalaria pulchra
  • Synonym : Crotalaria pulcherrima Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria pulchra Andrews
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Key identification features : Erect handsome shrubs, up to 3 m tall, branches are densely sericeous. Bracts are ovate-cordate, recurved. Panicles are terminal or leaf opposed, flowers yellow in colour. Pods are pale-brown, enclosed in an oily, pale-yellow calyx.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : September-March
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Occasional in moist deciduous forests of Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Kolar district, Bellary district (Karnataka State); Kanchipuram district (Tamil Nadu State); Chitvel R.F. (Kadapa district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Horsley Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • 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 pulchra. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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