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Crotalaria formosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria formosa Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 186. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 76. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 294(207). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 120. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 179. 1997; Ansari, Crotalaria India 263. 2008.
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Description:
Shrubs, stem dwarfed, much branched, covered with tawny hairs. very dense short thick racemes of yellow flowers. Leaves simple alternate, 4-5 x 2-2.5 cm, obovate, mucronate, narrowed to the short stalk, dark green above, silky below and brown with tawny hairs on the veins; stipules 5 mm long, narrow and curved downwards. Racemes 2.5-5 cm long and as broad, pedicels short, densely silky. Calyx teeth 6-8 mm long, shaggy, acute. Petals rather small, not much longer than the calyx, the standard streaked with brown veins. Pod distinctly stalked, at first black, afterwards green and finally straw-coloured, about 3 x 0.5 cm, smooth and shiny, and frilled below by the dried calyx.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-2000
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Localities:
Kunda hills
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