Typical of the Fabaceae family
Crotalaria calycina
Kesal Tag / Hairy Rattlepod केसाळ ताग
Marathi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- September-January
Kesal 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marathi | केसाळ ताग | Kesal tag |
See the original recorded names
- Marathi
- केसाळ ताग Kesal tag
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India, Nicobar Is., West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. Africa, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia.
- Recorded habitat
- Dry deciduous and scrub forests, also in grasslands
- Explore nearby plants
- Karnataka →Assam →Maharashtra →
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How to identify Kesal Tag
Identify Kesal 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 herb 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 Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria calycina
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous and scrub forests, also in grasslands
- Distribution
- India, Africa, Southeast Asia to Australia through Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- 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 Kesal 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 Kesal Tag itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Kesal Tag
Hairy Rattlepod (Crotalaria calycina) is a herb in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Assam, Maharashtra and 6 other states. It grows in dry deciduous and scrub forests, also in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Kesal Tag belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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