- 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 herniarioides Wight & Arn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crotalaria medicaginea Lam.
- Common name : Trefoil Rattlepod
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Open deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On poor soil up to 900m and on rocky slopes of scrub jungles.
- Key identification features : Prostrate slender herb
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 26/11/2015
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0415
- Collection Locality : Koundinya WLS, Chittoore district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Guntur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tiruchirapalli district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- West Bengal : 24-Parganas
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- World Distribution : Southeast Asia to Australia, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria medicaginea. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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