• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Crotalaria verrucosa
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria verrucosa L.
• Common name : Blue Rattle Pod
• Vernacular name : Kilu kiuppai, Salangaichedi (Tam.); Gilli Gicha (Tel.); Sonapushpi (San.)
• Key identification features : A large herb with an angled stem. Leaves are simple, ovate-rhomboid with prominent nerves and large stipules. Flowers are in terminal racemes, up to 3 cm and attractive. Pod is oblong, densely hairy when young.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Comments : Occasional in plains to 600 m, moist places in forests and also on river banks.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Krishna district, Maredumilli Hills (East Godavari district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Penukonda R.F. (Ananthapur district), Peccheruvu R.F., Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Khurdha district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Keonjhar district, Kandhamal district, Nayagarh district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• 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 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 verrucosa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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