Pan India Bouquets

Crotalaria sericea Retz

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
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 : Sanni, 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
Flower, Fruit : Cold season
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Delhi : Vasant Kunj
Native : Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan
Exotic/Native : Native
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 12 August 2022.