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Crotalaria incana ssp. purpurascens
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria incana L. ssp. purpurascens (Lam.) Milne-Redh., Kew Bull. 15: 159. 1961; Abdull Jabbar, Krishnaraj and Mohanan, Rheedea 20: 131. 2010.
Crotalaria purpurascens Lam., Encycl. Meth. 200. 1786.
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Description:
Erect subshrubs, to 2 m high stem terete, indistinctly striate, ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate-elliptic, glabrous, light brown when dry; terminal 2.8-3.7 x c.2.5 cm; laterals 1.5-2.8 x 1.5-2 cm, ciliate at margins, membranous, glabrous; petioles 4.5-5 cm long, longitudinally grooved; petiolues c. 1 mm long; stipules filiform, c. 7 mm long, densely ciliate. Racemes up to 14 cm long, ferruginous-hirsute; bracts subulate, c. 8 mm long, persistent; bracteoles 2, c. 6 mm long, curved. Calyx c. 1 x 0.3 cm, spreading pilose, persistent; lobes lanceolate, c. 7 mm long, acute-acuminate at apex. Standard petal ovate-elliptic, c. 1.5 x 1 cm, bright yellow, purple-brown-veined; wings oblong, c. 1 x 0.8 cm, striated; keels as long as wings, abruptly rounded below middle. Staminal tube c. 5 mm long; filaments 4-5 mm long; anthers dimorphic. Ovary c. 5 x 1.2 mm, densely pilose; style geniculate, c. 8 mm long; stigma capitate. Pods oblongoid, c. 4 x 1 cm, with an incurved beak, ferruginous-hirsute, stipe c. 4 mm long; seeds 20-30, reniform, c. 2 mm across, smooth, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Ethiopia and Senegal, now in India
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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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