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Crotalaria acicularis Benth.

HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria acicularis Benth. [Preferred name]
Crotalaria disticha Zoll. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Asia: Bangladesh (N) [3767]; Burma (N) [3975]; Cambodia (N) [1937]; China (N) [3440]; Yunnan [3440]; Hainan (N) [2970]; India (N) [1914, 1937, 1947, 3027, 3119, 3366, 3375, 3376, 3386, 3623, 3975]; Andhra Pradesh [3386]; Bihar [1914]; Kerala [3623]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Orissa [3376]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [1943, 3898]; Bali [1943]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (N) [1937]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1937]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Philippines (N) [1943]; Sulawesi (N) [1943]; Taiwan (N) [1937]; Thailand (N) [2073, 3975]; Vietnam (N) [1937]
Australasia: Australia (N) [2415]; Queensland [2415]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [1937, 1947, 2073, 3375, 3386, 3440, 3898, 3975] ; Distribution Map [3975] ; Illustration [1937, 2073, 3767]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing [3898] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [3898] ; Lifespan: Annual [3898] ; Source(s): 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1995 (Australia) CAVP, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

USES:
	Medicine [1937]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.		Sanjappa, M., 1992
		Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1937.		Thuan, N. et al., 1987
		In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol. 23.P.

1943.		de Munk, W.J., 1962
		Reinwardtia 6(3): 195-223. A preliminary revision of...

1947.		Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
		Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

2073.		Niyomdham, C., 1978
		Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 11:105-181. A rev....

2415.		CAVP - Database, Canberra, 1995
		Census Australian Vasc. Plants - Database,Bureau Fl. & Fauna

2898.		Ohashi, H., 1979
		Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

2970.		Zuijderhoudt, G.F.P., 1968
		Blumea 15:413-425. A revision of the genus Saraca

3027.		Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
		Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3119.		Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
		J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

3366.		Sanjappa, M., 2000
		Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.		Shrestha, K.K., 1998
		Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3375.		Singh, A.N., 1993
		In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3376.		Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
		Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3386.		Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
		Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3440.		Yang, C.Y., 1998
		Crotalaria &... In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae,42(2) (Leguminosae 5)

3623.		Vajravelu, E., 1990
		Flora of Palghat Distr. including Silent Valley Nat.Park.

3767.		Yusuf, M. & Alam, M.K., 1994
		Bangladesh J.Pl.Taxon. 1:43-60. ...Crotalaria...

3898.		Backer, C.A., 1963
		Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3975.		Niyomdham, C., 1978
		Thai Forest Bulletin (Bot.)11:105-181 Crotalaria in Thailand