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ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).
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| Name: |
Crotalaria juncea L.
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| Rank: |
Species |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED
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| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): |
Regnum - Plantae
Divisio - Tracheophyta
Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
Class - Magnoliopsida
Superordo - Rosanae
Ordo - Fabales Bromhead
Familia - Fabaceae Lindl.
Tribus - Crotalarieae
Genus - Crotalaria L.
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Synonyms:
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Crotalaria benghalensis Lam. |
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Crotalaria fenestrata Sims |
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Crotalaria ferestrata Sims |
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Crotalaria porrecta Wall. |
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Crotalaria sericea Willd. |
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Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. |
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Crotalaria viminea Wall. |
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| Comments: |
An unnamed variety of this species was recorded from the Seychelles by, An unnamed variety was recorded from the Seychelles by Bailey (1971)., D. Bailey in "List of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Seychelles..." 1971., Germplasm (seed) at PARC, Islamabad & International Jute Organisation, Dhaka, Grown for fibre and firewood in NW Frontier Province, but declining, Major fibre crop in the Punjab (6,000-8,000 hectares), Native of India widely cultivated in the Tropics., Pantropical., Suffers from pod borer damage in some areas, Suspected of poisoning sotck in Australia and South Africa. |
| Common names: |
Cascavelle (French), Grand Sonnette (French), Grand Tcha-tcha (), Krotalyariya Sitnikovaya (Russian), Sonnette (), Sunn Crotalaria (), Sunn Hemp (English), Sunnhemp (), Tcha-tcha ()[Credits] |
| Maps: |
distribution |
| Occurrence: |
[Gg(D) Uk(U)] |
| Use: |
Chemical products, Environmental, Fibre, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Toxins, Wood |
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