• 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 triquetra Dalzell
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests, on the plains and grasslands
• Key identification features : Slender herb
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
  • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; 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 triquetra. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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