• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria bifaria L.f.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Fallow fields and grazing grounds
• Comments / notes : up to 1000m
• Key identification features : Trailing herb, sparsely pubescent
• Flower, Fruit : August-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Srikakulam district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Thanjavur district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria bifaria. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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