✿Fabaceae · Crotalaria
Ban-Methi / Hill Rattle Wort
Crotalaria albida
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- September-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria albida
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Native to
- Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
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 Ban-Methi 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 Ban-Methi itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बन मेथी Ban-methi, चुनचुनी Chunchuni, Khurmana
- Telugu
- Kondagiligicca, Kondagiligichcha
- Kannada
- Giligili Gida
About Ban-Methi
Hill Rattle wort (Crotalaria albida) is a low shrub in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and 9 other states. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Ban-Methi belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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