As recorded for San
Crotalaria pallida
San / American Crotalaria
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
San 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 | san |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- san
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., Assam, India, Nicobar 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. Old World.
- Recorded habitat
- Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
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- Karnataka →Kerala →Maharashtra →
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How to identify San
Identify San by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a undershrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate.
- Confirm leaf shape: Obovate.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal and nearby regions.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for San itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
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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