Typical of the Fabaceae family
Crotalaria berteroana
Resham Tag / Cascavelle Jaune रेशम ताग
Marathi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- December-May
Resham Tag 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Konkani | भाट घागरी | bhat ghagari |
| Marathi | रेशम ताग | resham tag |
See the original recorded names
- Konkani
- भाट घागरी bhat ghagari
- Marathi
- रेशम ताग resham tag
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: India to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka.
- Recorded habitat
- Deciduous forests and in plains
- Explore nearby plants
- Karnataka →Kerala →Maharashtra →
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How to identify Resham Tag
Identify Resham Tag 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: December-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Resham Tag itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
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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