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Taxon:  Crotalaria retusa L.



Summary
Genus:
Crotalaria
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Crotalarieae
Nomen number:
12374
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:715. 1753
Verified:
12/22/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
19 (19  active, 11  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Crotalaria retusa L. var. retusa (1 active accession[s])
Crotalaria retusa L. var. tunguensis (Pires de Lima) Polhill (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
  3. Bernal M., H. Y. 1986. Crotalaria (Fabaceae - Faboideae). Flora de Colombia. 1983- 4:85.
  4. Du Puy, D. J. et al. The Leguminosae of Madagascar. 2002
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  7. Hacker, J. B. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland. 1990
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  11. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  12. Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
  13. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
  14. Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist. 2003
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  17. Liogier, A. H. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-. 1981-
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  19. Lock, J. M. & J. Heald. Legumes of Indochina: a checklist. 1994
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  21. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
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  23. Matos G., F. 1978. El género Crotalaria en Venezuela. Acta Bot. Venez. 13:92.
  24. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  25. Niyomdham, C. 1978. A revision of the genus Crotalaria Linn. (Papilionaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 11:151.
  26. Polhill, R. M. 1982. Crotalaria in Africa and Madagascar. 1982 272-273.
  27. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
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Common names
English
devil-bean –
rattlebox –
wedge-leaf crotalaria –
wedge-leaf rattlepod –
Spanish
cascabel fétido –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOman  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaDadra and N. Haveli 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaDelhi 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGoa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGujarat 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHaryana 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMizoram 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOrissa 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPondicherry 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPunjab 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTripura 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaBrunei Darussalam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4Naturalized     
6Other     
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Gabon
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Hainan]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India [Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadra and N. Haveli, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Singapore
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Naturalized ()
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalerosion control Lock, J. M. & K. Simpson. Legumes of West Asia: a checklist. 1991
Materialsfiber Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12374. Accessed 10 January 2025.

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