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Crotalaria salicifolia
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria salicifolia Heyne ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 182. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 77. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 294(208). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 142. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 123. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 128. 1992; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 152. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 135. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 95. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 197. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 165. 2005; Ansari, Crotalaria India 131. 2008; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 276. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs; stems villous. Leaves to 7 x 2.5 cm, elliptic, obtuse at apex, acute at base, densely fulvous tomentose; nerves 5-7 pairs; stipules absent. Raceme terminal; bracts 7 mm long, lanceolate, hairy. Flowers many, calyx 2 cm long, lobes slightly falcate, densely hairy; petals yellow; standard 25 mm across, tomentose along the midrib; wings 20 mm long; keel densely tomentose along the margins . Pods 5.6 x 2.5 cm, oblong, shortly stalked, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grassy patches in degraded forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Pachakkanam, Kakki hills, Mukkali forests, Pothundy, Amburi, Karamanayar region, Bonaccord
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