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Crotalaria verrucosa L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria verrucosa L. [Preferred name]
    Anisanthera hastata Raf. {Synonym}
    Anisanthera versicolor Raf. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria acuminata (DC.)G.Don {Synonym}
    Crotalaria angulosa Lam. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria arnottiana Benth. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria caerulea Jacq. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria coerulea Bedd. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria coerulea Jacq. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria flexuosa Moench {Synonym}
    Crotalaria hastata Steud. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria mollis Weinm. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria paramariboensis Miq. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria semperflorens Vent. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria verrucosa var. acuminata DC. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria wallichiana Wight & Arn. {Synonym}
    Phaseolus bulai Blanco {Synonym}
    Quirosia anceps Blanco {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bansam [3378, 3625]; Blue Andana [1957]; Blue Rattlesnake [1430]; Blue Rattleweed [1056]; Cascabelillo [1409]; Cascabelito [1110]; Cascavelle Bleu [1941]; Cascavelle Bleue [1941]; Cascavelle a Fleurs Blanches [3052]; Cascavelle a Fleurs Bleues [1915]; Chochito [1110]; Crotalaria Lengua De Vaca [1430]; Jac Beerie Gha [1957]; Jhunjhunia [3378, 3625]; Nil-andana-hiriya [1957]; Pois-zombi [1290]; Purple Popbush [1790]; Purple Rattlebox [2153]; Shack-shack [1790]; Sonnette Bleu [1290]; Sweet Pea [453]; Tcha-tcha Bleu [1290]; Warted Crotalaria [1957, 3625]; Yak Bariye [1957]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Nigeria (I) [212]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Uganda (I) [210]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3767]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [1914, 3440]; Guangdong [3440]; East Timor (N) [1943]; Hainan (N) [3440]; India (N) [1914, 1962, 2111, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3092, 3094, 3100, 3119, 3366, 3371, 3376, 3380, 3384, 3717]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [1962, 3020]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3366]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027, 3717]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [1943, 2111, 3004, 3898, 3967]; Jawa (N) [2111, 3898]; Laos (N) [1937]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [1943, 3004]; Malaysia (N) [1943, 2111, 3004]; Myanmar (N) [1914]; Nepal (U) [3369]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [1943, 3963]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Sri Lanka (N) [461, 1943, 1957]; Sulawesi (N) [3004]; Sumatera (N) [2111, 3967]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 3440]; Thailand (N) [2073, 3975]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880, 2111]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Western Australia [1880]; Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Caribbean
Anguilla (I) [1790]; Bahamas (N) [1409, 2153]; Barbados (I) [1790]; Cayman Is (I) [453, 1056]; Cuba (I) [1409]; Dominica (I) [1790]; Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Grenada (I) [1790]; Guadeloupe (I) [1290, 1790]; Haiti (I) [2157]; Jamaica (I) [1056, 1339]; Martinique (I) [1290, 1790]; Montserrat (I) [1790]; Netherlands Leeward Is (I) [1790]; Puerto Rico (I) [1430]; St Kitts-Nevis (I) [1790]; St Lucia (I) [1790]; St Martin-St Barthelemy (I) [1790]; St Vincent (I) [1790]
  Central America
Belize (U) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (U) [1645, 1658]; Guatemala (U) [1645]; Nicaragua (U) [1645, 3348]; Panama (U) [1224, 1243, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (I) [1941]; Amirantes Group [1941]; Laccadive Is (N) [3379]; Madagascar (I) [461, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (U) [1110, 1409, 1431]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]; Niue (I) [2266]; Society Is (I) [2265, 2968]; Western Samoa (I) [2265]
  South America
Brazil (I) [1414]; Colombia (I) [1110, 1645]; French Guiana (U) [1408]; Guyana (I) [2285]; Surinam (I) [2285]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [461];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 461, 1110, 1409, 1430, 1645, 1790, 1915, 1919, 1929, 1937, 1941, 2023, 2073, 2111, 2153, 2157, 3057, 3102, 3348, 3380, 3386, 3402, 3440, 3717, 3898, 3975, 3988] ; Illustration [1110, 1290, 1915, 1919, 1929, 2521, 3386, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1915] [2111] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [1915] [2111] [3402], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [1915] [3402], Perennial [2111] ; 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:
  Environmental [461, 1915, 1943, 2265]; Medicine [1937, 2111, 3030, 3032, 3034, 3378, 3625]; Weed [1915, 1943, 2968, 3384]

  
NOTES:
  Asian species now widely naturalised in the tropics. [261]
  Native to Tropical Asia. [1915]

  
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