San / American Crotalaria
Crotalaria pallida
Also known as Brusquillo, Cascabelitos, Ding Ding, Salts Rattlebox, Smooth Crotalaria, Smooth Rattlepod, Streaked Rattlepod, Striped Crotalaria
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria pallida
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Central America
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Telangana, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- TrifoliaterecordedA compound leaf made of exactly three leaflets.“Leaves are trifoliate with a 2–8.5 cm long petiole, leaflets 3-13 x 2–5 cm and elliptical to obovate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- ObovaterecordedEgg-shaped but broader near the tip rather than the base.“Leaves are trifoliate with a 2–8.5 cm long petiole, leaflets 3-13 x 2–5 cm and elliptical to obovate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for San itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers are yellow, often reddish-brown veined and borne on 15–40 cm long racemes, each with 20-30 flowers.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit surface
- Inflated (balloon-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for San itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- san
About San
American Crotalaria (Crotalaria pallida) is a low shrub in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and 15 other states. It grows in degraded forest areas, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
San belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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