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Details for: Crotalaria juncea
Source: ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010. (copyright © ILDIS).

Name: Crotalaria juncea L.
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
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.
                                            
Synonyms: Crotalaria benghalensis Lam.
Crotalaria fenestrata Sims
Crotalaria ferestrata Sims
Crotalaria porrecta Wall.
Crotalaria sericea Willd.
Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb.
Crotalaria viminea Wall.
 
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