Crotalaria retusa L. - rattleweed
Crotalaria retusa L. - rattleweed
Crotalaria retusa L. - rattleweed
Crotalaria retusa L. - rattleweed
Crotalaria retusa L. - rattleweed
Crotalaria retusa L. - rattleweed
Crotalaria retusa L. - rattleweed
MS033 : Crotalaria retusa L.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 121 |
| Synonym | : | Crotalaria cuneifolia (Forssk.)Schrank, p.p.A.;
Crotalaria hostmannii Steud.;
Crotalaria retusa var. maritima Trimen.;
Crotalaria retusifolia Stokes.;
Dolichos cuneifolius Forssk.;
Lupinus cochinchinensis Lour.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ghogli, Rattleweed, shak-shak, Rattlebox, wedge-leaf, • Gujarati: Ghughra • Hindi: Ghunghunia • Kannada: Guluguluppahalli • Malayalam: Matrghatini • Marathi: Gagra • Tamil: Kilukiluppai • Telugu: Pottigilligichacha |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Erects herbs or subshrubs up to 1.75 m tall; branches striate, minutely pubescent. Leaves 2-8 x 1-3 cm, oblanceolate or obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse or retuse, glabrous above, puberulent and glaucous below; stipules minute, subulate. Flowers in few to many-flowered terminal racemes; bracts 4-6 mm long, subulate. Calyx 0.8-1 cm long, puberulous without; lobes 5, broadly ovate, acuminate. Corolla 1.5-2 cm long, yellow with red striations; standard orbicular; wings with scaly folds; keels with a line of cottony hairs on inner margin. Staminal sheath 6-7 mm long; filaments 5-7 mm long. Ovary 0.8-1 cm long; ovules many; style 1-1.5 cm long; stigma pubescent. Pods 3-4 x 0.8-1 cm, oblong, cylindrical, slightly broader upwards. Seeds 15-20, c. 3 mm long, light brown to black. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The roots are used against coughing up blood. The plant is used as a treatment for complaints such as cough, dyspepsia, fever, cardiac disorders, stomatitis, Diarrhea, scabies and impetigo. An infusion of the plant is used to bathe children in order to prevent skin infections and also to treat thrush. The leaves, mixed with those of Crotalaria quinquefolia, act internally as well as externally against fever, scabies, lung diseases and impetigo. A decoction of the flowers and leaves is used to soothe a cold. The seeds are eaten raw to act as an analgesic to deaden the pain of a scorpion sting. The powdered seeds, mixed with milk, are eaten in order to increase body strength; they are also used to treat skin diseases |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: pyrrolizinine; monocrotaline; retusine; spectabiline; quercetin; quercetin-3-o-glucoside; isoquercitrin; crotaline; Polyamines; stearic acid; oleic acid; linoleic acid; Caprylic acid; margaric acid; capric acid; lauric acid; myristic acid; arachidonic acid; erucic acid; lignoceric acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Quercetin; |
| 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/229373
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Crotalaria+retusa
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/87408
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Rattleweed.html
- http://www.mpbd.info/plants/crotalaria_retusa.php
- https://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=pjn.2012.978.983 |
| 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 retusa L. - rattleweed |