Crotalaria hirta Willd.
Crotalaria hirta Willd.
Crotalaria hirta Willd.
MH409 : Crotalaria hirta Willd.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Crotalaria mysorensis sensu auct.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Diffuse, branched annual herbs; stems terete, velutinous, hairs silky brown, 2-4 mm long, spreading. Leaves simple, alternate, 1.1-3.3 x0.3-0.7 cm, linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or cuneate at base, obtuse and apiculate at apex, sericeo-villous on both surfaces, more on the lower, margins ciliate, main lateral veins 2-3 pairs, obscure; petioles 1-2 mm long, villous; stipules absent. Racemes terminal; peduncles 1.0-2.5cm long, pubescent. Flowers 1-5, crowded or subcapitate, 9-10 x 4-5 mm; pedicels 2-3 mm long, pubescent; bracts lanceolate-acuminate, 6-8 x 1.5-2.5 mm, pilose, stalked; bracteoles 2, beneath the calyx, linear-lanceolate, 4.5-5.0 x ca 1 mm, acuminate, densely pilose. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, tube ca 2 mm long, 2 lipped, lobes 8-9 x 0.7- 2.0 mm, densely pilose, hairs up to 1 mm long, 2 lipped, lobes 8-9 x 0.7-2.0 mm, densely pilose, hairs up to 1 mm long, margins ciliate, upper lip 2- lobed, lobes lanceolate, acuminate at apex, lower lip 3-lobed, lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminate at apex. Corolla yellow, equal to calyx or slightly exserted; vexillum obovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong, ca 8 x 4-5 mm, pilose on the back at apex, hairs up to 2 mm long, claw ca 1 mm long, straight; wing petals oblong or obovate-oblong, ca 6 x 1.2-2.0 mm, claw ca 1 mm long; keel petals 7-9 x ca 3 mm, beak 3-5 mm long, twisted. Staminal sheath 2-3 mm long; free filaments 2.0-2.5 mm long; longer anthers linear or linear-oblong, 1.0-1.7 mm long; shorter anthers ovoid-oblong, 0.3-0.4 mm long. Ovary sessile, obovate-oblong, 3-5 x 0.7-2.0 mm, glabrous; style 6-8 mm long; ovules 21. Pods sessile, ovoid-oblong, 11-12 x ca 6 mm, beaked, glabrous, brown; seeds 15-20, reniform, ca 1.5 x 1.5 mm, brown
Flowering and fruiting: October-February |
| 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 | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245072
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild_6018 |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 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 hirta Willd. |