- 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 calycina Schrank
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Dry deciduous and scrub forests, also in grasslands
- Comments / notes : On hills up to 1100m and on exposed cliffs among rocks, calcareous soil and under bright light
- Flower, Fruit : September-January
- Collector(s) Name : P. Prakash & K.P. Sreenath; Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 21-09-1978; 15-11-2014
- Collection Nos : KFP 2807; HJCB-E-0366
- Collection Locality : Maderahalli Hill, Kolar district (KA); Batrepalli, Nigidi forest, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Keonjhar district, Rayagada district, Koraput district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- World Distribution : India, Africa, Southeast Asia to Australia through Malesia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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 calycina. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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