Crotalaria laburnifolia L.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crotalaria laburnifolia L.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Muna (Hindi)
    • Kilu kiluppai (Tamil)
    • Pedda-galligista, Dedda-giligicha (Telugu)
    • Kilukilikki (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests and open forests, also along river banks and wasteland
  • Comments / notes : On plains along stream banks and in scrub jungles to 900m.
  • Key identification features : Perennial undershrub; flowers yellow; pod with long stock
  • Flower, Fruit : August-April
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
  • Collection Date : 30/06/2010
  • Collection Nos : FAP 39617
  • Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
    • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, N-E Australia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • 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
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria laburnifolia. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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