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 D.Don
  • Common name : Wing-stemmed Rattled wort
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Common
  • Flower, Fruit : August-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
    • West Bengal : Coochbehar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Midnapur
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • World Distribution : India, SE.Asia
  • 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.
  • 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 14 November 2024.

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