Crotalaria speciosa Heyne ex Roth

 
  • 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 speciosa Roth
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : On hills of exposed slopes.
  • Key identification features : Leaves silky; flowers yellow in capitate raceme; standard petal silky
  • Flower, Fruit : October-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Anantapur district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Vellore district, Salem district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Tiruvannamalai district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
    • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria speciosa. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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