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Crotalaria walkeri
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Crotalaria walkeri Arn., Nov. Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 18: 328. 1836; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 297(210). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 143. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 124. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 131. 1992; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 136. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 90. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 96. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 48. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 167. 2005; ; Ansari, Crotalaria India 290. 2008.
Crotalaria semperflorens Vent. var. walkeri (Arn.) Baker in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 78. 1876.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; stems thinly hairy. Leaves to 7 x 2.5 cm, lanceolate, acute, apiculate, rounded at base, scabrous along the nerves; stipules 5 mm long, ovate; acuminate, deflexed. Raceme 10-20-flowered, terminal; bracts 6 x 4 mm, ovate-cordate at base, deflexed; bracteoles at the middle of the pedicel. Flowers 3 cm long, standard orbicular, yellow with pink lines, wings and keels smaller. Pods 4 x 2.3 cm, oblong.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and openings in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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:
Sholayar, Rosemala, Mangaladevi, Kakki hills, Lock-hert gap, Vavalamala
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