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Crotalaria hebecarpa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria hebecarpa (DC.) Rudd, Phytologia 54: 28. 1983; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 120. 1992; Ansari, Crotalaria India 210. 2008.
Goniogyna hebecarpa DC., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 92. 1825.
Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali, Taxon 16: 463. 1967; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 163. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 107. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 98. 1999.
Hallia hirta Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 1169. 1802.
Heylandia latebrosa DC., Mem. Legum. 6: 201. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 65. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 280(199). 1918.
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Description:
Prostrate herbs; branchlets hispid. Leaves to 1.5 x 1 cm, ovate, apex obtuse, cordate, chartaceous, with long ciliate hairs on the margins, sessile, exstipulate. Flowers axillary, solitary, yellow; pedicels to 1 cm; calyx tube 2 mm, lobes 1 and 2 mm, lanceolate, long ciliate, upper two connate above the middle; standard petal 5 x 3 mm, obovate; wings 4 x 1 mm, oblong; keel 4 mm, staminal sheath 3 mm, filaments alternately short and long; ovary 2 mm, long ciliate, style 2 mm, bent. Pod 6 x 3 mm, oblong long ciliate; seed one.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
South Asia
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Thekkady, Vengoli, Chitoor-Agali area
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