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Botanical Name: Crotalaria pallida
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Family: Fabaceae
Common Name: जंगली ताग
Etymology - Genus: From the Greek krotalos (rattle); referring to the sound the dried seed pods make when shaken
Etymology - Species: Pale, pallid
Ecosystem: Annual
Origin: Native
Location: Pirangut, Vetal Hill
Description: 3-4 feet high erect herb.Compound trifoliate leaf with a long petiole.Glabrous, elliptical/spoon shaped leaflets.Single flower is leaf axil, along with terminal racemesFlower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Length of corolla more that calyx.Oblong balloon like pod. Pods rattle as they dry.
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Root type: Adventitious
Stem Appearance: Herb
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: 3-4 feet high erect herb.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Trifoliolate
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Compound trifoliate leaf with a long petiole.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Cuneate
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Glabrous, elliptical/spoon shaped leaflets.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Single flower is leaf axil, along with terminal racemes
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Vexillary
Flower Description:
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Persistent
Calyx Number of sepals:
Corolla Arrangement: Papilionaceous
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens: Diadelphous
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels: Monocarpellary
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Flower with Papilionaceous corolla with standard, wings and keel (two front petals, united to form a boat-shaped structure). Length of corolla more that calyx.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Oblong balloon like pod. Pods rattle as they dry.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
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