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Crotalaria notonii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria notonii Wight & Arn., Prodr. 192. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 82. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 300(212). 1918; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 72. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 125. 1992; Ansari, Crotalaria India 309. 2008.
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Description:
Erect; branches divaricate, yellowish-tomentose. Leaves 3-foliolate, to 4.5 cm wide; petiole to 2 cm; stipules narrow-subulate, 0.4 cm; leaflets cuneate-obovate, to 2.5 x 0.8 cm, mucronate, glabrous above, adpressed-silky hairy below. Racemes terminal, also leaf-opposed, to 5 cm long, 10-20 flowered, compact; bracts linear. Flowers 1 cm long. Calyx 4.5 mm, thin-silky; lobes lanceolate, equal to tube. Corolla yellow; standard 7 x 5 mm; wings 8 x 2.5 mm; keel 6 x 2.5 mm, with a long beak. Stamens 5 + 5; sheath 2 mm. Pod 8 x 5 mm, thin-silky; seed 2.3 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1300-2000
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Localities:
below Punnamala
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