Resham Tag / Cascavelle Jaune
Crotalaria berteroana
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- December-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria berteroana
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and in plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Madagascar
- Distribution
- India, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and Southeast Asia, Malesia, Hawaiian Islands
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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 Resham Tag 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 Resham Tag itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Konkani
- भाट घागरी bhat ghagari
- Marathi
- रेशम ताग resham tag
About Resham Tag
Cascavelle Jaune (Crotalaria berteroana) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. It grows in deciduous forests and in plains. Flowering and fruiting run from December to May.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Resham Tag belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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