Fabaceae FAMILY
Crotalaria calycina
Crotalaria calycina
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Crotalaria calycina is an erect, annual plant that can grow 20 - 100cm tall[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. , 1341 Title A revision of the Genus Crotalaria Linn. (Papilionaceae) in Thailand Publication Thai For Bull 11;105-181; 1978 Author Chawalit Niyomdham Publisher Year 1978 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Angola and Zambia; tropical Asia - Indian subcontinent, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malesia to Australia
HabitatOpen grassland in deciduous forest; at elevations from 20 - 300 metres[ 1341 Title A revision of the Genus Crotalaria Linn. (Papilionaceae) in Thailand Publication Thai For Bull 11;105-181; 1978 Author Chawalit Niyomdham Publisher Year 1978 ISBN Description ]. Deciduous dipterocarp and dry evergreen forests; at elevations from 12 - 1,500 metres[ 1343 Title Crotalaria L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in continental Southeast Asia Publication Phytotaxa 320 (1): 001-074 Author Ninkaew S.; Balslev H.; Pornpongrungrueng P.; Chantaranothai Publisher Year 2017 ISBN 978-1-77670-218-3 Description ].