Blue Rattle Pod
Crotalaria verrucosa
Also known as Blue Rattleweed, Blue-Flowered Rattlepod, Sweet Pea, Tooth-Leaved Rattlepod, Warty Crotalaria, Warty Rattlebox
About Blue Rattle Pod
Crotalaria verrucosa, the blue rattlepod, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. This shrub belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The herb can be found in tropical and subtropical areas from in Bangladesh to Sri Lanka in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australasia and Central America. Crotalaria verrucosa is a perennial shrub that grows to about 50 to 100 cm in height.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria verrucosa
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- FABACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and plains near moist places
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बनशण banshan, झुनझुनिया jhunjhunia, বনশণ
- Nepali
- शोभापुष्प
- Bengali
- নশণ bansan, বনশণ
- Tamil
- சங்குநிதி cankuniti, கிலுகிலுப்பை kilu-kiluppai, பகன்றை
- Kannada
- ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಡ gijigiji gida
- Malayalam
- കിലുകിലുക്കി kilukilukki, കിലുകിലുപ്പ kilukiluppa, பகன்றை
- Marathi
- भाट घागरी bhat ghagari, खुळखुळा khulkhula, सागर ताग sagar tag
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Blue Rattle Pod belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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