Crotalaria rigida B.Heyne ex 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 medicaginea var. rigida (B. Heyne ex Roth) Kuntze
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Coastal plains
  • Comments / notes : Rare (R) (Nayar, M.P. & Sastry, A.R.K. 1990.)
  • Key identification features : Rigid stiff shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Kurnool district, Muchukota RF (Anantapur district), Nagarjunakonda Hills (Guntur district)
    • Tamil Nadu : Nagapattinam district, Thanjavur district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : South India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; Nayar, M.P. & Sastry, A.R.K. 1990. Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Vol. 1-3. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta; 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 rigida. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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