Typical of the Fabaceae family
Crotalaria alata
Bandar Lathi / Wing-Stemmed Rattled Wort सिंगेसिंगे
Nepali name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- August-February
Bandar Lathi in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Nepali | सिंगेसिंगे | Singesinge |
| Bengali | Not recorded | Bandar lathi |
| Kannada | Not recorded | Budubudike kaayi |
See the original recorded names
- Nepali
- सिंगेसिंगे Singesinge
- Bengali
- Bandar lathi
- Kannada
- Budubudike kaayi
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India, West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia.
- Recorded habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Explore nearby plants
- Assam →West Bengal →Meghalaya →
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How to identify Bandar Lathi
Identify Bandar Lathi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple (single blade).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit surface: Inflated (balloon-like).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria alata
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, SE.Asia
- Found in India
- Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bandar Lathi itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Fruit surface
- Inflated (balloon-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bandar Lathi itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Bandar Lathi
Wing-stemmed Rattled wort (Crotalaria alata) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and 10 other states. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Bandar Lathi belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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