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Crotalaria retusa L.

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria retusa L. [Preferred name]
    Crotalaria cuneifolia (Forssk.)Schrank, p.p.A {Synonym}
    Crotalaria hostmannii Steud. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria retusa var. maritima Trimen {Synonym}
    Crotalaria retusifolia Stokes {Synonym}
    Dolichos cuneifolius Forssk. {Synonym}
    Lupinus cochinchinensis Lour. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Akondrondolo [3402]; Akondronjaza [3402]; Amberivatrindolo [3402]; Cachimbito [2157]; Cascabelillo [1430]; Cascavelle Jaune [1915]; Casse-cavelle [3060]; Chinchin [1645]; Faliakoho [3402]; Famonakoho [3402]; Ghunghunian [3030]; Hintsakintsaka [3402]; Kaha-andana-hiriya [4751]; Kilukiluppai [4751]; Kinesakinesa [3402]; Kinsakinsa [3402]; Kitsakitsanakoho [3402]; Kitsakitsandomohona [3402]; Kitsakitsankizy [3402]; Large Yellow Rattlebox [2153]; Mangakely [3402]; Maraquita [1661]; Maromera [1409]; Matraca [1430]; Pete-pete [2157]; Pistache Batard [1290]; Pistache Marron [2157]; Pois France Marron [2157]; Pois Rond Marron [1915]; Pois-zombi [1290]; Pois-zombi Jaune [1290]; Popbush [1790]; Rattleweed [1056]; Shack Shack [1941]; Shack-shack [1790]; Shak Shak [1790]; Sonajuelas [1430]; Sonnette [1290]; Tamonoakoho [3402]; Taolanakoho [3402]; Tcha-tcha [1290]; Tsiakondrakondro [3402]; Tsiankazolahy [3402]; Wedge-leaf Rattlepod [1919]; Yellow Lupin [1430]; Zapatico [2157]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Gambia The (U) [212]; Ghana (U) [212]; Guinea (U) [212]; Kenya (U) [210]; Liberia (U) [212]; Mali (U) [561]; Mozambique (U) [210]; Nigeria (U) [212]; Senegal (U) [210, 212]; Sierra Leone (U) [212]; Socotra (N) [90]; Somalia (U) [210]; Tanzania (U) [210]; Uganda (U) [210, 461]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3767]; Bhutan (N) [3366]; Brunei (U) [3939]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [1938, 3440]; Guangdong [3440]; Hunan [3440]; Hainan (N) [3440]; India (N) [1914, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3040, 3056, 3094, 3100, 3119, 3366, 3376, 3380, 3635, 3695, 3772]; Andhra Pradesh [3635]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3366]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3380]; Madhaya Pradesh [3695]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3366]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3772]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [1943, 3004, 3898, 3967, 3991]; Iran (N) [1939]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Kalimantan (N) [3991]; Laos (N) [1937]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3004]; Malaysia (N) [1938, 1943, 2111, 3004]; Moluccas (N) [3004]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1938]; Nepal (N) [1914, 3369]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [1943, 3963]; Sarawak (N) [3004]; Singapore (U) [2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [461, 1957]; Sumatera (N) [3967]; Thailand (N) [2073, 3975]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880, 3076]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Western Australia [1880]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Anguilla (I) [1790]; Antigua-Barbuda (I) [1790]; Bahamas (I) [2153]; Barbados (I) [1790]; Cayman Is (I) [453]; Cuba (I) [1409]; Dominica (I) [1790]; Dominican Republic (N) [2157]; Grenada (I) [1790]; Guadeloupe (I) [1290, 1790]; Haiti (N) [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 (I) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (I) [1367, 1658]; Guatemala (I) [1645]; Mexico(North & Central) (I) [1470, 1645]; Mexico(South East) (I) [1117, 1188, 1470, 1645]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (I) [1222, 1224, 1243, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Comoro Is (I) [3054, 4747]; Anjouan I [4747]; Laccadive Is (N) [3379]; Madagascar (U) [1915, 3402]; Maldives (U) [3062, 3076]; Mauritius (N) [1915]; Reunion (N) [1915]; Rodrigues (N) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [1941]
  Middle East
Oman (N) [1939]; Saudi Arabia (N) [1939]; South Yemen (N) [1939]; Yemen (N) [1939]
  North America
United States (I) [1409, 1431, 1645, 1680, 3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]; Kentucky [3157]; New Jersey [3157]; North Carolina [3157]; Texas [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (I) [2265]; Hawaii (I) [1949]; Marquesas (I) [2265]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Samoa-JML (I) [2265]; Society Is (I) [2968]
  South America
Brazil (I) [1103, 1231, 1233, 1414]; Colombia (I) [1110]; Ecuador (U) [2233]; French Guiana (I) [1408]; Guyana (N) [2285]; Peru (I) [1442]; Surinam (I) [1243]; Venezuela (I) [1661]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolian anthropic landscapes [461];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; anthropic habitats. [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; grassland. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 461, 467, 1056, 1243, 1290, 1430, 1470, 1510, 1790, 1915, 1919, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1957, 2073, 2111, 2153, 2157, 3057, 3348, 3386, 3402, 3440, 3898, 3975, 3988] ; Illustration [54, 261, 453, 461, 1243, 1290, 1510, 1661, 1915, 1919, 1938, 2521, 3386, 3988]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] [1941] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [261] [1915] [3402], Shrub [3057] [3581] ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [1915] [1941] [3402], Perennial [261] [1915] [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 [461]; Environmental [461, 1915, 1957, 3020]; Fibre [461, 1915, 1957, 3030, 3032]; Food and Drink [1937, 3402]; Medicine [1937, 1957, 3030, 3378, 3402]; Miscellaneous [3378]; Toxins [261, 1919, 1957, 2968]; Weed [261, 1919, 2968, 3076]

  
NOTES:
  Dangerous to livestock - one of the species causing "Kimberley horse disease". [261]
  Indigenous to the Seychelles. [1941]
  Native to Asia. [1915]
  Found in two forms on Rodrigues. [3061]
  Widespread. Some spread may have occured naturally from sea-borne pods, and [3988]
  distinctive variants occur in Eastern Africa and the Mascarene Islands. [3988]

  
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