MH049 : Crotalaria pusilla DC. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
120 |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Fabales |
| Family |
: Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus |
: Crotalaria L. - rattlebox |
| Species |
: Crotalaria pusilla DC. |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
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| Plant Family : |
Leguminosae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
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| Synonym : |
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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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| Reference : |
~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :
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