Crotalaria mysorensis Roth - rattlebox
MH047 : Crotalaria mysorensis Roth.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 118 |
| Synonym | : | Crotalaria decasperma Naik.;
Crotalaria hirsuta Roxb.;
Crotalaria stipulacea Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Erect herb, c. 30-60 cm tall, branches pilose, hairs long, spreading. Leaf simple, subsessile, c. 2.5-8.0 cm long, c. 4.5-13 mm broad, linear-oblong, obtuse, apiculate, pubescent, hairs silky, long, spreading; stipules c. 6-10 mm long. Inflorescence a 6-9-flowered terminal raceme. Bract foliaceous, lanceolate, pilose; bracteoles c. 6-7 mm long, beneath the calyx, pilose. Calyx 1.2-1.6 cm long, pilose, hairs long, spreading; upper segments lanceolate, lower linear. Corolla not exserted. Fruit c. 1.8-3.2 cm long, inflated, glabrous when ripe, 20-30-seeded. Fl.Per.: October. |
| 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
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242315556
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/279881 |
| 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 mysorensis Roth - rattlebox |