Family: Fabaceae
Vernacular name: Smooth Crotalaria
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Dry gravel, sandy beds of streams
Distribution: India, Central America
Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the year
Key identification features: It is a perennial herb or subshrub, with stems ascending or erect, 1-2 m tall. Leaves are trifoliate, leaflets elliptic, ovate, Flowers are 22-75 in terminal, somewhat lax inflorescences about 15-40 cm long. Petals are yellow with lines near base, Pods brown at maturity.
Uses: Ants feed on the nectar. Children play with the fruits
as a rattle.
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