Typical of the Fabaceae family
Crotalaria medicaginea
Gugario / Trefoil Rattlepod
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Gugario in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | Not recorded | Gugario, Gulabi |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- Gugario, Gulabi
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India, Laccadive Is., West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. & NE. Australia.
- Recorded habitat
- Open deciduous forests
- Explore nearby plants
- Maharashtra →Gujarat →Rajasthan →
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How to identify Gugario
Identify Gugario by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb 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: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gugario itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
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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