Crotalaria verrucosa L.
Crotalaria verrucosa L.
MH269 : Crotalaria verrucosa L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Anisanthera hastata Raf.; Anisanthera versicolor Raf.; Crotalaria acuminata (DC.)G.Don; Crotalaria angulosa Lam.; Crotalaria arnottiana Benth.; Crotalaria caerulea Jacq.; Crotalaria coerulea Bedd.; Crotalaria flexuosa Moench; Crotalaria hastata Steud.; Crotalaria mollis Weinm.; Crotalaria paramariboensis Miq.; Crotalaria semperflorens Vent.; Crotalaria verrucosa var. acuminata DC.; Crotalaria wallichiana Wight & Arn.; Phaseolus bulai Blanco; Quirosia anceps Blanco |
| Plant Common Name | : | Blue Rattlepod, blue-flowered crotalaria, blue-flower rattlepod, purple popbush, shack-shack, tooth-leaf rattlepod • Bengali: bansan • Gujarati: ghugharo • Hindi: banshan, jhunjhunia • Kannada: gijigiji gida • Konkani: bhat ghagari • Malayalam: kilukilukki, kilukiluppa • Marathi: bhat ghagari, khulkhula, sagar tag • Sanskrit: brihatpuspi, shanapuspi • Tamil: cankuniti, kilu-kiluppai • Telugu: giliginta |
| Plant Family | : | FABOIDEAE |
| Description | : | a branched annual herb, 50-100 cm high. Branches are acute and angled. Ovate to traiangular leaves are 5-15 cm long. Leaf stalk 2-4 mm. Flowers occur in 10-12 flowered racemes at the end of branches or laterally. The racemes are typically 15-20 cm long. Flower tube is about 2 cm, bluish purple and white. "Standard" petal 1.5 cm, obovate, veined with dark purple lines. Pods are densely silky hairy when young, 3-4 cm long. Flowering: November. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The roots are used as a treatment against fever and stomach pains. The plant (part not specified) is blood purifier, emmenagogue. It is used to purify the blood and to cure skin diseases. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Arachidic acid; lauric acid; linolenic acid; Octadecanoate; oleic acid; palmitic acid; Taraxerol; Tetradecanoic acid; kaempferol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Kaempferol; Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosids |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Crotalaria |
| Species | : Crotalaria verrucosa L. |