Banshan / Blue Rattle Pod
Crotalaria verrucosa
Also known as Blue Rattleweed, Blue-Flowered Rattlepod, Sweet Pea, Tooth-Leaved Rattlepod, Warty Crotalaria, Warty Rattlebox
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria verrucosa
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and plains near moist places
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Banshan 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 Banshan itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
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, सागर ताग
- Sanskrit
- बृहत्पुष्पी
About Banshan
A member of the Fabaceae family, Blue Rattle Pod (Crotalaria verrucosa) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 9 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests and plains near moist places. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Banshan belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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