Typical of the Fabaceae family
Crotalaria willdenowiana
Crotalaria willdenowiana
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- November-March
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., India Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: S. India, Andaman Is..
- Recorded habitat
- Scrub jungle and roadsides in moist locations
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How to identify Crotalaria willdenowiana
Identify Crotalaria willdenowiana 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: Simple (single blade).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit surface: Inflated (balloon-like).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Crotalaria willdenowiana
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungle and roadsides in moist locations
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Crotalaria willdenowiana 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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Crotalaria willdenowiana itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Crotalaria willdenowiana
Crotalaria willdenowiana belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in scrub jungle and roadsides in moist locations. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Crotalaria willdenowiana belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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