Crotalaria medicaginea Lam.
Common Name : Trefoil rattlepod.
Family : Fabaceae
HABIT |
A HERB OR SHRUB, PROSTRATE TO ERECT, 1 M TALL. |
STEMS |
SLENDER, BRANCHED, APPRESSED
SILKY PUBESCENT; STIPULES FILIFORM, 2-3 MM . |
LEAVES |
3-FOLIATE; LEAFLETS OBLANCEOLATE, OBOVATE-OBLONG, OR
OVATE-OBLONG, ABAXIALLY DENSELY SILKY PUBESCENT, ADAXIALLY GLABRESCENT, BASE
CUNEATE, APEX OBTUSE, TRUNCATE OR RETUSE. |
FLOWERS |
RACEMES TERMINAL OR LEAF
OPPOSED, MANY FLOWERED; FLOWERS YELLOW. |
FRUITS |
PODS GLOBOSE, 3-5 MM IN
DIAMETER, SLIGHTLY EXSERTED BEYOND THE CALYX, PUBESCENT, 2-SEEDED, APEX
SHORTLY BEAKLED. |
SEEDS |
SUBCYLINDERIC, TRUNCATE AT
APEX, REDDISH BROWN. |