Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd.

 
  • 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) : Lupinus trifoliatus Rottl. ex Willd.; Crotalaria medicaginea DC. 1825, non Lam. 1786
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crotalaria trifoliastrum Willd.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, along roadsides and plains
  • Comments / notes : On the sandy banks of water cources
  • Key identification features : Flowers yellow in long racemes
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district
    • Kerala : Pathanamthitta district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Keonjhar district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
    • Puducherry : Ousteri Lake
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Native : India, Bhutan
  • World Distribution : India, Bhutan
  • 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
    • 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 trifoliastrum. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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