• 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 paniculata Willd.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on plains, especially along river banks and also in wastelands.
• Key identification features : Calyx exude fetid secretion; flowers yellow
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Prakasam district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Java
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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 paniculata var. paniculata. Downloaded on 18 November 2025.

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