Gugario / Trefoil Rattlepod
Crotalaria medicaginea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria medicaginea
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Open deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Southeast Asia to Australia, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Gugario 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 Gugario itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Gugario, Gulabi
About Gugario
Trefoil Rattlepod (Crotalaria medicaginea) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and 9 other states. It grows in open deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Gugario belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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