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Crotalaria medicaginea
Crotalaria medicaginea
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Crotalaria medicaginea
Lam.
Synonyms :
Crotalaria foliosa
Wild.
Common Name :
Adbaumethi, Ranmethi, Medick Rattlepod
Plant Family :
Papilionaceae
Plant Form :
Herb
Occurrence (Sectors) :
1, 5, 6, 8, 10-13, 15-17, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Punit Van, Sarita Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra
About Crotalaria medicaginea Plant :
Habit :
A small annual herb, with branched tap root system.
Stem :
Erect, cylindrical, branched, herbaceous, hairy, green.
Leaves :
Ramal and cauline, alternate, petiolate, stipulate, palmately compound, trifoliate, obovate, margin entire, apex emarginated, multicostate reticulate.
Inflorescence :
Racemose raceme.
Flowers :
Bracteate, ebracteolate, pedicellate, complete, hermaphrodite, zygomorphic, pentamerous, perigynous.
Calyx made up of 5 sepals, gamosepalous, valvate.
Corolla made up of 5 petals, polypetalous, papilionaceous, vexillary aestivation.
Androecium of 10 stamens, monadelphous, dithecous, dorsifixed, introrse.
Gynoecium monocarpellary, semi-inferior, unilocular, many ovules, marginal placentation, style long, stigma capitate.
Fruit :
Legume
Seeds :
Compressed, smooth, glabrous, dark-brown, subreniform.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
August-February
Significance :
It is used as fodder in India.