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Crotalaria pallida var. pallida
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria pallida Dryand. in Ait., Hort. Kew (ed. 1) 3: 20. 1789, var. pallida: Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 78. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 142. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 121. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 72. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 132. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 122. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 174. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 152. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 126. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 142. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 97. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 135. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 89. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 50. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 182. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 94. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 88. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 164. 2005; Ansari, Crotalaria India 337. 2008; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 209. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 274. 2009.
Crotalaria mucronata Desv., J. Bot. 3: 76. 1814.
Crotalaria striata DC., Prodr. 2: 131. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 84. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 301(212). 1918.
Crotalaria striata DC. var. acutifolia Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 2: 19. 1984.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kilukkachedi, Kilukilikki, Kilukkampettichedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Brusquillo, Cascabelitos, Ding Ding, Salts Rattlebox, Smooth Crotalaria, Smooth Rattlebox, Streaked Rattlepod, Striped Crotalaria
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Description:
Erect undershrubs, up to 1.6 cm tall; branches puberulous. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets subequal, 3-7 x 1.8-4 cm, obovate or elliptic-ovate, apex obtuse or acute, base cuneate, membranous, glaucous below; petiole 3-7 cm long; stipules 1-3 mm long, setaceous, deciduous. Flowers c. 1.3 cm long, in teminal many-flowered racemes, up to 25 cm long; pedicels 3-4 mm long; bracts to 3 mm long, subulate. Calyx 5-7 mm long, upper 2-lobes united, other lobes lanceolate, adpressed tomentose. Petals yellow with prominent reddish veins; standard c. 1.2 cm long, broadly elliptic; keels curved and beaked. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Style abruptly incurved at the base; stigma oblique. Pods 3-4.2 x 0.6-0.8 cm, oblong-cylindrical; seeds 18-30, brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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:
Peechi, Rosemala, Gellimala, Chinnar, Thekkady, Pathenthode, Damsite, Upper Moozhiar, Manantody, Tolpetty, Kumbla, Mundurapalai river side, Ayalur slopes, Mukkali forests, Ponmudi, Komana, Nedumkayam, Thenmalai, Kulathupuzha, Ettapadappu, Ariankavu
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