Typical of the Fabaceae family
Crotalaria longipes
South-Indian Rattlepod
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-March
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: S. India.
- Recorded habitat
- Wet regions in deciduous forests and grasslands
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How to identify South-Indian Rattlepod
Identify South-Indian Rattlepod by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub 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-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria longipes
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Wet regions in deciduous forests and grasslands
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Extinct (EX) Nayar, M.P. & Sastry, A.R.K. 1990); Not Evaluated (IUCN, 2014); Endangered (EN) Sasidharan, N. 2011. DVD, KFRI
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for South-Indian 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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for South-Indian Rattlepod itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About South-Indian Rattlepod
South-Indian Rattlepod (Crotalaria longipes) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in wet regions in deciduous forests and grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
South-Indian Rattlepod belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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