Blue-Flowered Rattlepod
Crotalaria heyneana
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- October-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria heyneana
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- 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 Blue-Flowered Rattlepod 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 Blue-Flowered Rattlepod itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Blue-Flowered Rattlepod
Blue-Flowered Rattlepod (Crotalaria heyneana) is a shrub in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from October to January.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Blue-Flowered Rattlepod belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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