✿Fabaceae · Crotalaria
Tumthang-Suak / Caracas Rattlebox
Crotalaria micans
ShrubMedicinal
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- July-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria micans
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Along roadsides in the high ranges
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Native to
- Central America, Caribbean Islands
- Distribution
- Old world Tropics
- Found in India
- Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-May
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
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 Tumthang-Suak 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 Tumthang-Suak itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Mizo
- Tumthang-suak
About Tumthang-Suak
A member of the Fabaceae family, Caracas Rattlebox (Crotalaria micans) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. It grows in along roadsides in the high ranges. Flowering and fruiting run from July to May.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Tumthang-Suak belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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