Crotalaria longirostrata Hook. & Arn. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Crotalaria longirostrata Hook. & Arn.

Summary

Genus:

Crotalaria

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Crotalarieae

Nomen number:

12340

Place of publication:

Bot. Beechey Voy. 285. 1838

Verified:

01/30/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

3 (3 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. 1936. Root nodule bacteria of some tropical leguminous plants: I. Cross-inoculation studies with Vigna sinensis L. Soil Sci. 42(1):61-77.
Matuda, E. Las leguminosae del estado de México. 1981
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
Morton, J. F. 1994. Pito (Erythrina berteroana) and chipilin (Crotalaria longirostrata), (Fabaceae), two soporific vegetables of Central America. Econ. Bot. 48:130-138.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980

Common names

English
castanet-plant –
long-beak rattlepod –
Spanish
chipilín –
chipilín de comer –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	vegetable		Morton, J. F. 1994. Pito (Erythrina berteroana) and chipilin (Crotalaria longirostrata), (Fabaceae), two soporific vegetables of Central America. Econ. Bot. 48:130-138.
Weed	potential seed contaminant		Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).

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=12340. Accessed 10 January 2025.