- 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 sericea Retz.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crotalaria spectabilis Roth
- Common name : Cats Bell, Rattlebox, Rattleweed, Yellow Crotalaria
- Vernacular name :
- Jhunjhunia (Hindi)
- Junka, Jhunka, Haridijiling (Oria)
- Habit : Undershrub
- Habitat : Mixed and deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Common in dry deciduous and open forests.
- Key identification features : Flowers yellow; Pods oblong, nearly glabrous.
- Flower, Fruit : September-May
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page
- Collection Date : 27/02/2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0528
- Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurdha district (OD)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary (Theni district)
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Himachal Pradesh : Shimla district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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 and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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
- Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 197
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria spectabilis. Downloaded on 19 February 2025.
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