✿Fabaceae · Crotalaria
Arrowhead Rattlebox
Crotalaria lunulata
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria lunulata
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-November
- 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 Arrowhead Rattlebox 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 Arrowhead Rattlebox itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Arrowhead Rattlebox
Arrowhead rattlebox (Crotalaria lunulata) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Arrowhead Rattlebox belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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