Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Crotalaria anisophylla Urb., Crotalaria ekmanii Windler &
S.G.Skinner
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Bunds of rice fields and marshy areas
Flowering
& Fruiting: September-December
Distribution:
Tropical Asia; introduced in Jamaica and West Indies
Key
identification features: Five Leaf Rattlepod is a coarse
erect branching herb. Stems are greenish and grooved. Leaves are
long-petiolate, usually with 5 (rarely 7) leaflets. Flowers are in borne in
raceme, at the end of branches. They are yellow, the standard-petal purplish
nerved. Pod are oblong, hairless, inflated, brownish, with 30-40 seeds.
Uses:
used
to treat fever, pain, eczema, impetigo, lung infections, scabies
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