Crotalaria grahamiana Wight & Arn.; Crotalaria grahamiana Wight & Arn., Fam – Fabaceae Wild under shrub in the tea estate area Walparai, Coimbatore DT, Tamilnadu An interesting plant from Fabaceae for ID. Shrub of height around 4-5 feet. Munnar Dec2009. Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week : Shrubs/Herbs : Crotalaria quinquefolia: Crotalaria quinquefolia Observed in Munnar. Kerala in Dec The shape of the leaflets reminds me of C. grahamiana. In Crotalaria quinquefolia, I think the leaflets are narrower, I guess Considering this plant is from Munnar possibilities are high for C. grahamiana http://flowering-plants.blogspot.com/2011/02/crotolaria-grahamiana.html To my surprise I could see one plant idied as Crotalaria quinquefolia has even simple leaf (one foliolate) @ http://www.planetefleurs.fr/Systematique/Fabaceae/Crotal05a.htm ! Crotalaria quinquefolia (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crotalaria_quinquefolia_W_IMG_2170.jpg Here it looks like the inflorescence is much longer than C. grahamiana I shall refer flora records tomorrow and get back. Yes I very much agree with you … Was not aware of this species. The leaves are certainly different here. Agree with …, this is C. grahamiana Wight & Arn. In C. quinquefolia leaves are narrower. Crotalaria grahamiana at Munnar- PKA-26 : 7 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (5)- 500 kb each. Seen this Rattlepod shrub near Munnar. Bot. name: Crotalaria grahamiana Family: Fabaceae Quite a novel Crotalaria sp for me !!! Never seen such leaf for Crotalaria. Fantastic find, dear …
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Crotalaria grahamiana
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