Roxb. ex DC.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Fabaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Priotropis cytisoides (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.; Crotalaria psoraleoides D.Don; Crotalaria szemaensis Gagnep.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crotalaria cytisoides Roxb. ex DC.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Open broad-leaved forests
  • Key identification features : Bushy shrubs, with densely appressed sericeous stems; Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, glabrous above, puberulous beneath, membranous; Racemes usually leaf opposed, sometimes terminal, 10-50-flowered; flower yellow with standard and wings purplish-brown; Pods oblong-elliptic, scarcely inflated, acute at both ends, pubescent, 2-8 seeded; seeds brown.
  • Flower, Fruit : May- January
  • Distribution :
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district, Jalpaiguri district
    • Mizoram : Champhai, Thaltlang, Leite, North Vanlaiphai
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 441, 443
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria cytisoides. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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