Typical of the Fabaceae family
Crotalaria albida
Ban-Methi / Hill Rattle Wort बन मेथी
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- September-January
Ban-Methi 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | बन मेथी · चुनचुनी | Ban-methi, Chunchuni, Khurmana |
| Telugu | Not recorded | Kondagiligicca, Kondagiligichcha |
| Kannada | Not recorded | Giligili Gida |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- बन मेथी Ban-methi, चुनचुनी Chunchuni, Khurmana
- Telugu
- Kondagiligicca, Kondagiligichcha
- Kannada
- Giligili Gida
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.
- Recorded habitat
- Grasslands
- Explore nearby plants
- Himachal Pradesh →Uttarakhand →Maharashtra →
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How to identify Ban-Methi
Identify Ban-Methi 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: September-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban-Methi itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
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.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Ban-Methi belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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