Sanni / Cats Bell
Crotalaria spectabilis
Also known as Rattlebox, Rattleweed, Yellow Crotalaria
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Assam, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria spectabilis
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Mixed and deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Pantropical
- Distribution
- Old world and Polynesia
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-May
- 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 Sanni 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 Sanni itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- सन्नी Sanni, घुंगरी Ghungri, धुनधुनी Dhundhuni
- Bengali
- Pipuli jhunjhun, ঝুমঝুমো, পিপুলি ঝুনঝুন
- Kannada
- Kaadu senabu
- Marathi
- डिंगळा dingala, खुळखुळा khulkhula
About Sanni
Cats Bell (Crotalaria spectabilis) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Assam, Madhya Pradesh and 15 other states. It grows in mixed and deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to May.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Sanni belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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