Crotalaria alata D.Don

 
  • 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 bidiei Gamble
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crotalaria alata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Common name : Wing-stemmed Rattled wort
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Common
  • Key identification features : Stems and leaves clothed below the short, silky pubescence; Flowers yellow; Pods linear oblong, glabrous.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page, K. Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 23/03/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0604
  • Collection Locality : BSI Orchidarium, Yercaud, Salem district (TN)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
    • Kerala : Kannur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, The Nilgiri district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Coochbehar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Midnapur
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kangra district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature :
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 195
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria alata. Downloaded on 19 February 2025.

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