Herbarium JCB

Crotalaria mysorensis Roth

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 mysorensis Roth
Common name : Rattlebox
Habit : Undershrub
Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles, mostly in the plains
Comments / notes : On moist hill slopes and fallow fields to 1100m.
Key identification features : Densely silky erect undershrub
Flower, Fruit : October-April
Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao
Collection Date : 27/12/1971
Collection Nos : R.R. Rao 1597
Collection Locality : B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Sambalpur district, Kalhandi district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district, Vellore district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
Native : India, Southeast Asia
World Distribution : Southeast Asia, Malaysia, India
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
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 mysorensis. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.