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Crotalaria pallida Aiton

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HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Crotalaria L.

Crotalaria pallida Aiton [Accepted]
    Crotalaria brownei DC. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria falcata DC. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria fertilis Del. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria hookeri Arn. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria mucronata Desv. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria pallida Klotzsch {Synonym}
    Crotalaria pisiformis Guillemin & Perrottet {Synonym}
    Crotalaria striata DC. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria striata var. acutifolia Trin. {Synonym}
    Crotalaria tinctoria Baillon {Synonym}
    Crotalaria zuccarininana D.Dietr. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (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
    India-ISO (N) [461]
  Caribbean
    Caribbean-TRP (U) [1056,1429,1430]; Jamaica (N) [461]
  Indian Ocean
    Madagascar (N) [461]
  South America
    Brazil (U) [1414]; Colombia (U) [1110]
  
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]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist,
   Zarucchi,J.L.(1988) Extract From Tropicos Database

  
USES:
  Forage [1785,461]; Toxins [1785,461,461]; Environmental [1785,461, 461,461]; Weed; Domestic; Medicine; Food and Drink

  
NOTES:
  Two vars.; pallida & obovata (Polhill 1982,ref.461).
  Nodulation data from Crotalaria falcata DC. [1785]
  Nodulation data from Crotalaria mucronata Desv. [1785]
  Nodulation data from Crotalaria striata DC. [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

461.

   Polhill,R.M., 1982
    A.A.Balkema,Rotterdam 389pp Crotalaria in Africa & Madagasca
    A.A.Balkema,Rotterdam 389pp Crotalaria in Africa & Madagasca

1056.

   Adams,C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1110.

   Bernal Malagon,H.Y., 1986
    Flora de Colombia 4:1-118 Crotalaria
    Flora de Colombia 4:1-118 Crotalaria

1414.

   Lewis,G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

1429.

   Liogier,A.H., 1980
    Phytologia 47(3):167-198 Novitates Antillanae. VIII
    Phytologia 47(3):167-198 Novitates Antillanae. VIII

1430.

   Liogier,A.H., 1988
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II
    Desc. Flora Puerto Rico & Adjacent Is-Spermatophyta Vol. II

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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