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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH046 : Crotalaria medicaginea Lam.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 117  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family
Genus : Crotalaria L. - rattlebox
Species : Crotalaria medicaginea Lam.
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Leguminosae  
 
Plant Common Name : trefoil rattlepod, gulabi, aushadi taag
 
Synonym : Crotalaria foliosa Willd.
Crotalaria zollingeriana Miq.
Description : Divaricately branched herbs, pubescent. Leaves to 2 cm; terminal leaflets 1.4 x 0.8 cm, lateral 1 x 0.5 cm, obovate, apex emarginate, base cuneate; petiole 0.5 cm, petiolule 1 mm, stipules 3 mm, linear, cauducous. Racemes terminal and lateral, 6-12 flowered; flowers yellow with brown striations; bracts 2 mm; calyx tube 1.5 mm, lobes 2.5 mm, lanceolate; standard petal 7 x 5 mm, orbicular; wings 6 x 2 mm, oblong; keel 6.5 x 2 mm, spirally twisted; staminal sheath 1.5 mm, filaments 2 and 4 mm; anthers 1.5 and 0.2 mm; ovary 1.5 mm, pubescent, style 4 mm. Pod 4 mm, globose, sessile, pubescent, beaked.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :