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Ding ding

Vihagiguni
Crotalaria pallida Aiton

Fairly common in open areas The flowers are used as vegetable. The plant is used in traditional medicine to treat urinary problems. or in .P /OAF

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uses
The flowers are used as vegetable. The plant is used in traditional medicine to treat urinary problems. or in .P /OAF
family
Fabaceae
synonym
Crotalaria hookeri Arn., Crotalaria javanica Jungh.
description
Erect sub-shrubs. Leaves × 3-foliolate; leaflets subequal, 3-7 1.8-4 cm, obovate or elliptic-ovate, apex obtuse or acute, base cuneate, glaucous below; petiole 3-7 cm long. Flowers ca. 1.3 cm long, in teminal many-flowered racemes, to 25 cm long. Calyx 5-7 mm long, upper 2-lobes united. Petals yellow with prominent reddish veins; standard ca. 1.2 cm long, broadly elliptic; keels curved and beaked. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Style abruptly × incurved at the base. Pods 3-4.2 0.6-0.8 cm, oblong-cylindrical; seeds 18-30, brown.
native range
Paleotropics
distribution
Pantropical
english names
Ding ding · Smooth rattlebox · Streaked rattlepod
flowering fruiting
September - January
occurrence maldives
Fairly common in open areas
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