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Crotalaria pallida Aiton

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria pallida Aiton [Preferred name]
    Crotalaria brownei DC. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria falcata DC. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria fertilis Delile {Synonym}
    Crotalaria hookeri Arn. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria mucronata Desv. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria pallida Klotzsch {Synonym}
    Crotalaria pisiformis Guill. & Perr. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria siamica F.N.Williams {Synonym}
    Crotalaria striata DC. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria striata var. acutifolia Trin. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria tinctoria Baill. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria zuccarininana D.Dietr. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Aika [3402]; Aikaberavina [3402]; Aikavavy [3402]; Ambarivatrindoly [3402]; Amberivatrindolo [3402]; Brusquillo [1110]; Cascabelitos [1110]; Cascavelle Trois Feuilles [1941]; Ding Ding [2265]; Guiso-de-cascavel [1414]; Kirintsa [3402]; Kitsonakoho [3402]; Mato-pasto-branco [1414]; Pine Kotalelia [2266]; San [3030]; Sen [3030]; Smooth Crotalaria [1902]; Streaked Rattlepod [1919]; Tsiakondroakondro [3402]; Zanaharimanatrika [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [461]; Benin (N) [461]; Burkina (N) [461]; Burundi (N) [461]; Cameroon (N) [461]; Central African Rep. (N) [461]; Chad (N) [461]; Congo (N) [461]; Ethiopia (N) [461]; Gabon (N) [461]; Gambia The (N) [461]; Ghana (N) [461]; Guinea (N) [461]; Guinea Bissau (N) [461]; Ivory Coast (N) [461]; Kenya (N) [461]; Liberia (N) [461]; Malawi (N) [461]; Mali (N) [461]; Mozambique (N) [461]; Niger (N) [461]; Nigeria (N) [461]; Rwanda (N) [461]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [461]; Senegal (N) [461]; Sierra Leone (N) [461]; South Africa (N) [461]; Sudan (N) [461]; Swaziland (N) [461]; Tanzania (N) [461]; Togo (N) [461]; Uganda (N) [461]; Zaire (N) [461]; Zambia (N) [461]; Zimbabwe (N) [461]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3767]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Brunei (I) [3004]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [1179, 3440]; Fujian [3440]; Gansu [3440]; Guangdong [3440]; Hunan [3440]; Shandong [3440]; Sichuan [3440]; Yunnan [3440]; Zhejiang [3440]; India (N) [461, 1914, 1947, 3020, 3027, 3040, 3092, 3094, 3099, 3119, 3366, 3371, 3376, 3380, 3384, 3590, 3596]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3590]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3366]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3099]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3366]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3596]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [261, 1943, 3004, 3898]; Irian Jaya (I) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [1937]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3004]; Malaysia (I) [1943, 2111, 3004]; Moluccas (N) [3004]; Myanmar (N) [3366]; Nepal (I) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [3366]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (I) [1943, 3963]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Sarawak (N) [3004]; Singapore (I) [2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957]; Sumatera (N) [3004]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 3440]; Thailand (N) [2073]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; New South Wales [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; New Caledonia (I) [2265]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Dominica (I) [1790]; Jamaica (I) [461, 1056]; Martinique (I) [1790]; Montserrat (I) [1790]; Puerto Rico (I) [1056, 1430]; St Kitts-Nevis (I) [1790]; St Vincent (I) [1790]; Trinidad & Tobago (I) [1056, 1430]
  Central America
El Salvador (N) [2156]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3366]; Chagos Archipelago (U) [3084]; Christmas I (I) [3920]; Madagascar (U) [461, 3402, 3988]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [3366]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (I) [261]; Bougainville (I) [2265]; Easter Is (I) [2265]; Fiji (I) [2265]; Guam (I) [2265]; Hawaii (I) [1949]; Marshall Is (I) [2235]; Niue (I) [2266]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Society Is (I) [2265, 2968]; Solomon Is (I) [261, 2265]; Tonga (I) [2265]; Tubai Is (I) [2265]; Vanuatu (I) [2265]; Western Samoa (I) [2265]
  South America
Argentina (U) [1140]; Brazil (I) [1414]; Colombia (I) [1110]; Ecuador (U) [2233]; Guyana (I) [2285]; Peru (N) [2090, 2233]; Venezuela (U) [2233]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; grasslands. [461];
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; grassland. [461];
    Guineo-Congolian grasslands [461];
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; grasslands [461];
    Sudanian grasslands [461];
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone - grassland. [461];
    Zambezian grassland [461];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 461, 1110, 1430, 1790, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1929, 1937, 1941, 1957, 2073, 2111, 3057, 3348, 3402, 3440, 3898, 3920, 3988] ; Distribution Map [461, 3988] ; Illustration [29, 461, 467, 1110, 1919, 1929, 2073, 3988]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2001-06 Tozzi AM & Flores AS, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [261] [1941] [3402], Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [3057] [3402], Perennial [261] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 2001-06 Tozzi AM & Flores AS ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1999-05 Heald J, 2003-11 (Ma

  
USES:
  Domestic [3402]; Environmental [461, 1110, 1915, 1957, 3920]; Food and Drink [1937, 3920]; Forage [461]; Medicine [1937, 3402]; Toxins [461, 1919]; Weed [261, 1915, 2073, 2266, 2968]

  
NOTES:
  Pantropical. [1937]
  Natural distribution obscurred by cultivation and naturalisation. [3920]
  Suspected of being poisonous to stock. [3920]
  Not always clear to which variety Malesian material belongs. [3004]
  Record from Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago from a collection by J. Topp sn. [3084]

  
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