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Crotalaria pusilla
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria pusilla Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 335.1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 70. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 296(209). 1918; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 122. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 152. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 127. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 88. 1999; Ansari, Crotalaria India 203. 2008.
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Description:
Shrubs, thinly pubescent. Terminal leaflets 10 x 3 cm; lateral 7 x 2.5 cm, elliptic, acute at the apex, base cuneate, membranous, pubescent; petiole to 5.5 cm, petiolule 3-4 cm. Racemes terminal and lateral, to 15 cm long; bracts 1 cm, linear, pubescent; calyx tube 3 mm, upper lobes 4 and lower 5 mm, lanceolate; standard petal 1.7 x 1.2 cm, orbicular, yellow striped with purple; wings 1.5 x 0.8 cm; keel 1.3 x 0.5 cm, falcate, pubescent at the margins; staminal sheath 7 mm, pubescent, filaments 4 and 7 mm; anthers 2.5 and 0.5 mm; ovary 5 mm, pubescent, style 1 cm. Pod 4 x 1 cm, oblong, puberulus; seeds many.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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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:
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Localities:
Chengamperu, Walayar
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