• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Synonym(s) : Crotalaria anagyroides Kunth
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria micans Link
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Along roadsides in the high ranges
• Comments / notes : Introduced in hills above 1200m.
• Flower, Fruit : July-May
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page & K. Sankara Rao; R. Raghavendra Rao
• Collection Date : 23/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0576; R.R.Rao 1170
• Collection Locality : Yercaud Hills, Salem district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills, sanyasi malai Hills (Salem district)
• Native : Central America, Caribbean Islands
• World Distribution : Old world Tropics
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; 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 micans. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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