Typical of the Fabaceae family
Crotalaria laburnifolia
Birdflower
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka
- Flowering
- August-April
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & S. Africa, Seychelles, Trop. Asia to N. Australia.
- Recorded habitat
- Dry deciduous and open forests, also along river banks and wasteland
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How to identify Birdflower
Identify Birdflower 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: August-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria laburnifolia
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous and open forests, also along river banks and wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Philippines, N-E Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-April
- 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 Birdflower 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 Birdflower itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Birdflower
Birdflower (Crotalaria laburnifolia) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh and Karnataka. It grows in dry deciduous and open forests, also along river banks and wasteland. Flowering and fruiting run from August to April.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Birdflower belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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