Crotalaria juncea

Crotalaria for ID : 260711 : AK-1 :
Taken near Shahapur, on way to Nasik, Maharashtra growing wild by the
roadside on 13/10/09.
The shrubs were around 5 feet in height,with yellow flowers.

Looks similar to C.juncea also.

For me this looks like sun hemp (Crotalaria juncea).

Crotalaria juncea or C.tetragona ?? : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2 + 1).
Habitat : Cultivated ? Habit : Herbaceous shrub.

Stem is not clearly visible but shape and width of leaves suggests C. juncea.

Almost looks like C. juncea L. It would be better to have a look at the closeup of the leaf, to get a more clear picture.

Again attaching herewith another picture of Crotalaria

Plant for ID : Attachments (1).
Found growing on our terrace in Bangalore. ID would be appreciated.

The herb with yellow flower is Crotalaria juncea, the herb in the left side is Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil), the climber is Cucumis sativus – salad cucumber, the big tree is Cycas beddomei, ornamental Gymnosperm. water lilly (Nymphaea stellata) is kept in the circular cement tank.

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commonly known as: brown hemp, false hemp, Indian hemp, sunn hemp • Assamese: আঁউচ aous • Bengali: শণ shan • Gujarati: શણ shan • Hindi: बिछुआ bichua, दीर्घपल्लव dirghpallav, जनब janab, मातुलानी matulani, पटसन patsan, सन san, सनई sanai • Kaachchhi: સણ san • Kannada: ಪುಂಡಿ pundi, ಸೆಣಬು senabu • Konkani: धाकटी घागरी dhakati ghagari, सन san, सोणबु ಸೊಣಬು sonabu • Malayalam: ചണം chanam, ചണക chanak • Manipuri: ঊ হৱাঈ oo hawai • Marathi: धाकटी घागरी dhakti ghagari, सन san, ताग tag • Mizo: tum-thang • Nepali: छिनछिने chhinchhine, सनई sanai • Odia: ଅତସୀ atasi, ଛଣପଟ chhanapata, ସମ୍ବତ୍ sambat, ଶଣ shana, ଶନପୁଷ୍ପୀ shanapushpi, ସ୍ବଳ୍ପ ଶବ୍ଦା swalpa shabda • Punjabi: ਸਣ san, ਸੱਨੀ sanni • Sanskrit: अतसी atasi, दीर्घपल्लव dirghapallava, मदगन्धा madagandha, माल्यपुष्प malyapuspa, मातुलानी matulani, सामान्य शणपट्ट samanya shanapatta, शण shana • Sindhi: سِڻي • Tamil: சணல் canal, சடம்பு catampu, கோனிப்பூடு koni-p-putu, குத்திரம் kuttiram, குத்து kuttu, மஞ்சி manci, நணந்தம் nanantam, நண்பன் nanpan, உமாதசி umataci, உத்திராபன்னி uttirapanni, வாக்குன்னார் vakkunnar • Telugu: గిలకచెట్టు gilaka-chettu, గిలిగిచ్చ giligichcha, శణము shanamu • Tulu: ತಲಂಬು talambu • Urdu: بچهوا bichua, جنب janab, ماتلاني matulani, سن san

popular trade names: Banares hemp (Benares hemp), Bengal hemp, Bombay hemp (Salsette hemp), Itarsi hemp, Konkani (Conkanee hemp), Jubbulpur hemp (Jubbalpore hemp), Madras hemp (Chennai hemp), Pilibhit hemp, Seoni hemp, Travancore flax, Warangel hemp

botanical names: Crotalaria juncea L. … synonyms: Crotalaria benghalensis Lam. • Crotalaria fenestrata Sims • Crotalaria porrecta Wall. • Crotalaria sericea Willd. • Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. ex Hornem. • Isotropis argentea Ewart & Morrison … POWO

• Wikipedia
• not to be confused with brown Indian hemp or Indian brown hemp, a name known for Hibiscus cannabinus L. … Dave’s Garden | Philippine Medicinal Plants

• there was a wonderful informative web page – SUNN, or INDIA HEMP (Crotalaria juncea) – it has simply gone off the internet. The name will yet remain compiled here, justified for the fact that this plant though fibre-yielding, it is not related to Cannabis family.

• Wikipedia … it is generally considered to have originated in India
• or Indian flax … A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert
• this species is probably native to India, though it has never been found in a truly wild state, … it is cultivated nearly all over, frequently naturalised … ENVIS – FRLHT
• an important fibre crop, widely cultivated in India, giving rise to many varieties. Most of them are known by the places from where they are produced. Thus, there are host of trade names: Banares hemp (Benares hemp), Bengal hemp, Bombay hemp (Salsette hemp), Itarsi hemp, Konkani hemp (Conkanee hemp), Jubbulpur hemp (Jubbalpore hemp), Madras hemp (Chennai hemp), Pilibhit hemp, Seoni hemp, Travancore flax, Warangel hemp

• ENVIS – FRLHT | Wikipedia
• popular Hindi name of this plant – सन san or sun; शण sann or sunn, derived from Sanskrit शण shana … ENVIS – FRLHT

• Flora of Assam Vol II by U N Kanjilal, P C Kanjilal, A Das
• Many thanks to Ranjan Hazarika (facebook friend) for help with this name in native script

• Wikipedia

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
• or पटशण patashana … ENVIS – FRLHT

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• other variants: सण sunn / sann | शण shunn / shann | शन shan … A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts

• Wikipedia
• ENVIS – FRLHT

• PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• or ಪುಂಡಿನಾರು pundinaaru … Mandayam Digital Library – Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar

• ENVIS – FRLHT … also ಅಪ್ಸೆಣಬು apsenabu
• Mandayam Digital Library – Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar … also ಅಪ್ಸೆಣಬು apsenabu

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Basel Mission, Mangalore

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert … also ചണക chanak

• ENVIS – FRLHT … generic name for most of Crotalaria spp. meaning rattlebox

• Flowers of India

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• धाकटी dhakti = smaller; घागरी ghagari = morris bell or jingling ball (as of a child’s girdle, or as worn on the toes by dancing girls &c.) … A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) … alludes to the sound, dried pods make when shaken

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) … also शण shan
• सन san or शण shan = kind of hemp, fibre … A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• The Gazetteer Department … महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा
• ताग tag = a plant from which a kind of hemp is obtained … A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)

• State Medicinal Plants Board – Mizoram
• Studies on non timber forest products ntfps of plant origin and livelihood strategies in northern Mizoram India – Shodhganga … thesis by J Lalremruata

• Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

• Purnnachandra Ordia Bhashakosha by Praharaj, G.C.

• The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh

• ॥ विकिशब्दकोशः॥ स्वतन्त्रः संस्कृतशब्दकोशः

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• WISDOM LIBRARY – the greatest source of ancient and modern knowledge

• A Telugu-English dictionary by Charles Philip Brown

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• Flora Andhrika – Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

• ENVIS – FRLHT
• or జనుము janumu … Flora Andhrika – Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India

• Tulu-English Dictionary (1886) by Rev. A. Männer

• A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts