Crotalaria khasiana Balansa ex Thoth. & A.A.Ansari

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Fabaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Crotalaria capitata Benth. ex Baker; Crotalaria villicalyx C.Chen & J.Q.Li ex P.C.Li
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crotalaria khasiana Balansa ex Thoth. & A.A.Ansari
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Forests
  • Key identification features : Low, sprawling, caespitose shrubs, pubescent; Leaves simple, obovate or oblanceolate, sessile, green and glabrate above, pubescent beneath; Flowers 6-20, in terminal heads or congested racemes; flowers blue-violet; Pods obovoid, sessile, glabrous.
  • Flower, Fruit : July- January
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Phongpui
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 444
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 382
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria khasiana. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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