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Smooth Rattlepod
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Smooth Rattlepod
ative Photo: Dinesh Valke
Common name: Smooth Rattlepod, Salts Rattlebox, Smooth Crotalaria, Streaked Rattlepod, Striped Crotalaria • Assamese: ঘণ্টাকৰ্ণ Ghantakarna, জুনজুনিয়া Junjuniya • Bengali: ঝুনঝুনা Jhunjhuna, জংলিশান Janglisana, কুতকুতি Kutkuti, শণফুল Shanaphula • Kannada: ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಡ Gijigiji Gida • Malayalam: കിലുകിലുക്കി Kilukilukki • Marathi: खुळखुळा Khulkhula • Nepali: छिन-छिने Chin-Chine • Sanskrit: कटुतिक्त Katutikta, शण Shana, शणपुष्पी Shanapuspi • Telugu: గిలిగిచ్చ Giligitcha • Tulu: ಗಿಜಿಗಿಜಿ ದೈ Gijigiji Dai Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Crotalaria pallida var. pallida    Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Crotalaria javanica, Crotalaria striata var. acutifolia
Smooth Rattlepod is a perennial herb or subshrub, with stems ascending or erect, 1-2 m tall. Leaves are trifoliate, leaflets elliptic, ovate, 2.8-9.5 cm long, 1.2-4.5 cm wide. Leaf base is wedge-shaped or rounded, with leaf stalk 2.2-6.7 cm long. Flowers are 1-1.5 cm long, 22-75 in terminal, somewhat lax inflorescences about 15-40 cm long. Petals are yellow with lines near base, standard petal 0.9-1.2 cm long, 7-9 mm wide, keel petals striate, with nontwisted prolonged beak. Pods brown at maturity, 3.5-3.8 cm long.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke Photographed in Maharashtra.
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