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Crotalaria verrucosa L.

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Crotalaria verrucosa L.
Crotalaria verrucosa L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAnisanthera hastata Raf.
synonymAnisanthera versicolor Raf.
synonymCrotalaria acuminata (DC.)G.Don
synonymCrotalaria angulosa Lam.
synonymCrotalaria arnottiana Benth.
synonymCrotalaria caerulea Jacq.
synonymCrotalaria coerulea Bedd.
synonymCrotalaria flexuosa Moench
synonymCrotalaria hastata Steud.
synonymCrotalaria mollis Weinm.
synonymCrotalaria paramariboensis Miq.
synonymCrotalaria semperflorens Vent.
synonymCrotalaria verrucosa var. acuminata DC.
synonymCrotalaria wallichiana Wight & Arn.
synonymPhaseolus bulai Blanco
synonymQuirosia anceps Blanco
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • Bansan
English
  • Blue-Flowered Rattlepod
  • Blue Rattlepod
  • Blue Rattlesnake
  • Blue Rattleweed
  • Sweet Pea
  • Tooth-Leaved Rattlepod
  • Warty Crotalaria
  • Warty Rattlebox
Hindi
  • झुनझुनिया Jhunjhunnia
Irula
  • Kolingi
Kannada
  • Gijigiji Gida
Konkani
  • Kilukiluppai
Malayalam
  • Kilukiluppa
Marathi
  • Ghagari
  • सागर ताग Sagar Tag
Other
  • Blue-flower Rattlepod
  • Blue Rattlepod
  • Kilukiluppa
  • Purple Popbush
  • Shack-shack
  • Tooth-leaf Rattlepod
Sanskrit
  • Brihatapushpi
  • Shanpushpi
Tamil
  • Gilugiluppai
  • Salangaichedi
Telugu
  • Ghelegherinta
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Shrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: A much branched, annual shrub, upto 1m.
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        Erect, branched herbs, up to 75 m tall; stems striate, 4-angled, appressed-pubescent. Leaves 2.5-7 x 2.5-4.5 cm, ovate-rhomboid or ovate-deltoid, base acute, apex obtuse or acute, appressed-pubescent on both surfaces; petiole 2-3 mm long; stipules foliaceous, 5-10 mm long, ovate to falcate. Flowers up to 1.5 cm long, terminal or leaf-opposed racemes; pedicels 3-5 mm long; bracts lanceolate. Calyx 0.7-1 cm long, pubescent, with deltoid, acute lobes longer than the tube. Corolla blue or white; standard c. 1.2 cm long, broadly ovate; wings obovate; keels oblong. Staminal sheath to 6 mm long; filaments c. 5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, appressed pubescent; style geniculate. Pods 2.5-3.5 x 0.8-1 cm, oblong-cylindrical, inflated, 10-16-seeded. Seeds 3-4.5 x 3-4 mm, obliquely cordiform, yellowish to brownish.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          Habit: Subshrub
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flowering and fruiting: August-November
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Morphology
              Flower

              In terminal and/or lateral racemes; blue. Flowering throughout the year.

              Fruit

              An oblong-terete pod, sparsely pubescent, exceeding the calyx; seeds upto 15. Fruiting throughout the year.

              Field tips

              Stem 4-angled, appressed-pubescent.

              Leaf Arrangement

              Alternate

              Leaf Type

              Simple

              Leaf Shape

              Ovate or rhomboid-deltoid

              Leaf Apex

              Obtuse-acute

              Leaf Base

              Attenuate

              Leaf Margin

              Entire

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                Miscellaneous Details
                Notes: Deciduous forests, also in the plains.
                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Open areas
                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Deciduous forests, also in the plains
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Description
                      Found along the roadsides and river banks from plains to 600m. Common. Pantropical.
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                        Global Distribution

                        India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh

                        Indian Distribution

                        Kamrup

                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                          Global Distribution

                          Pantropical

                          Indian distribution

                          State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Chikmagalur Kerala: All districts
                            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                              📚 Occurrence
                              No Data
                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Ayurveda
                              Ayurveda
                              Folk medicine
                              Folk medicine
                              Siddha
                              Siddha
                              Leaf paste is applied to cure headaches.
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                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=672
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                                  Folklore
                                  Indigenous Information: The roots and seeds are said to be very poisonous.
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                                    📚 Information Listing
                                    References
                                    1. Crotalaria verrucosa L., Sp. Pl. 715. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 297(210). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 78. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 142. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 122. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 74. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 134. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 124. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 176. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 153. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 131. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 143. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 97. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 91. 1999; Ansari, Crotalaria India 287. 2008; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 211. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 277. 2009.
                                    1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=672
                                    1. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                                    Information Listing > References
                                    1. Crotalaria verrucosa L., Sp. Pl. 715. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 297(210). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 78. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 142. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 122. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 74. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 134. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 124. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 176. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 153. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 131. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 143. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 97. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 91. 1999; Ansari, Crotalaria India 287. 2008; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 211. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 277. 2009.
                                    2. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=672
                                    3. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
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                                    📚 Meta data
                                    No Data
                                    🐾 Taxonomy
                                    RootRoot
                                    KingdomPlantae
                                    PhylumTracheophyta
                                    ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                    OrderFabales
                                    FamilyFabaceae
                                    GenusCrotalaria
                                    SpeciesCrotalaria verrucosa L.
                                    📊 Temporal Distribution
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