Crotalaria medicaginea Lam.
MH046 : Crotalaria medicaginea Lam.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 117 |
| Synonym | : | Crotalaria foliosa Willd.;
Crotalaria zollingeriana Miq.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | trefoil rattlepod, gulabi, aushadi taag |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/225634 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Crotalaria L. - rattlebox |
| Species | : Crotalaria medicaginea Lam. |