Bandar Lathi / Wing-Stemmed Rattled Wort
Crotalaria alata
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- August-February
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
- Arrangement
- Alternate
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
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bandar Lathi itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- सिंगेसिंगे Singesinge
- Bengali
- Bandar lathi
- Kannada
- Budubudike kaayi
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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