Crotalaria calycina Schrank
MH043 : Crotalaria calycina Schrank
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 113 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | hairy crotalaria, kesal tag |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
| Description | : | Erect annual, 15-100 cm tall. Stem densely hirsute. Leaf simple, 6.5-14.5 cm long, c. 6-10 mm broad, linear to oblong-lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, appressly pilose below; petiole c. 2-4 mm long. Stipules minute. Inflorescence a 2-12-flowered raceme or flowers solitary in upper axils. Bract c. 6-18 mm long; bracteoles in the upper part of pedicel. Calyx 18-25 mm long, densely pilose, hairs long, spreading. Corolla pale yellow, shorter than the calyx. Fruit sessile, up to 20-25 mm long, 8 mm broad, subcylindrical, glabrous, c. 20-35-seeded. Fl. Per.: October |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : |
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| 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=200012061 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| 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 calycina Schrank |