• Family : Fabaceae
  (PEA or BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
• Synonym(s) : Crotalaria retzii Hitchc.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crotalaria spectabilis Roth
• Common name : Showy Rattlepod, Greater rattlepod
• Vernacular name : सन्नी Sanni, घुंगरी Ghungri (Hindi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Common in dry deciduous and open forest
• Comments / notes : It yields a fairly strong fibre
• Key identification features : Bracts leafy. Flowers yellow, tinged with purple. Pods stipitate, oblong
• Native : Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 113; Duthie J.F.(1960). Flora of The Upper Gangetic Plain Vol.1: 191
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Crotalaria sericea. Downloaded on 29 November 2020.

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