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Crotalaria dubia
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria dubia Graham ex Benth. in Hook.'s London J. Bot. 2: 568. 1843; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 73. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 296(209). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 130. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 119. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 139. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 178. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 86. 2002; Ansari, Crotalaria India 90. 2008; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 273. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets silky pubescent. Leaves 3-5 x 2 cm, obovate, apex obtuse, mucronate, subsessile. Flowers in short terminal heads; bracts and bracteoles 4 mm, ovate, acuminate; calyx lobed, lobes to 4 mm; corolla yellow, standard to 1 x 0.3 cm oblong; wings 11 x 2 mm, linear; keels curved, ca 1 x 0.5 cm. Pods to 6 x 3 mm, 4-6 seeded; seeds 2 mm across, reniform.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thunakkadavu, Chindaki forest, Tolpetty, Ponmudi, Boneccord, Vaniampuzha
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