Crotalaria incana L.

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit

Erect, shrubby annual up to 1 m tall, the stems, petioles and racemes densely brownish- hirsute; leaves long-petiolate, trifoliolate, the leaflets broadly obovate or roundish, 1–5 cm long, of thin texture, glabrous above, pale beneath and appressed-pilose especially along the midvein; stipules awl-shaped, small, deciduous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes rather few-flowered; calyx 5- lobed, 7–9 mm long, with lance-acuminate lobes; corolla yellow, 10–13 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Pod pendulous, oblong, 2.5–3 cm long, soft-hairy.

Distribution

Grand Cayman. Pantropical.

Ecology

A weed of roadsides and open waste ground.

Papilionaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit

A herb, 2–4 ft. high

Morphology General Indumentum

Coarsely hairy stems and fruits

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers yellow, veined purple.

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Not Threatened

Ecology

Africa: Afromontane (upland) anthropic landscapes, Afromontane grassland

Morphology General Habit

Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub

Vernacular

Aikamanga, Aikavavy, Barraquito, Cachimbito, Campana Amarilla, Cargadita, Cascabeles, Cascabelillo Vacio, Cascabelitos, Chilinchin, Chilpilin De Venado, Chilpilin De Zope, Chinchin, Chinchino, Chipil, Chipilin, Chipilin Macho, Frijolillo, Fuzzy Rattlepod,

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit

Erect or spreading, usually rather bushy, annual or short-lived perennial, up to 1·5(–3·5) m. tall.

Morphology Stem

Stem with long usually yellowish spreading hairs or else shortly pubescent.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic-obovate to obovate or suborbicular, up to 25–50 mm. long, 17–44 mm. wide, glabrous above, subglabrous to thinly pilose beneath; petiole up to 30–80 mm. long.

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules filiform, 2·5–12(–20) mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes lax, up to 12–30 cm. long, mostly 12–30(–60)-flowered; bracts subulate or linear, 1–10 mm. long; bracteoles curved-ascending from just below the calyx, linear, 2–6 mm. long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx deflexed against the pedicel, 7–11 mm. long, subglabrous to spreading pilose; lobes narrowly attenuate-triangular, ± twice as long as the tube.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard elliptic, yellow, veined reddish-brown or purple, glabrous to pubescent along the midvein outside; wings almost as long as the keel; keel bent at right-angles in the lower half, with a straight untwisted beak, 8–11·5 mm. long, conspicuously lanate-pubescent along the upper margin.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod practically sessile, fusiform-clavate, somewhat pointed at either end, slightly dorsi-ventrally flattened, 30–45 mm. long, 8–12 mm. across, brown, mottled darker above, spreading pilose, ± 40–50-seeded.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds oblique-cordiform, 2·5–3 mm. long, smooth or obscurely papillose, pale brown, mottled darker, or olive-green.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

33.10% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Barclay & Earle, 1974)

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2600 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Hierba, subarbusto

Conservation

Preocupación Menor

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit

Annual or short-lived perennial, up to c. 1.5 m tall; stems pilose or shortly pubescent with spreading hairs

Morphology Leaves Leaflets

Leaflets 3, narrowly obovate to suborbicular, up to 25–50 x 17–44 mm, glabrous above, subglabrous to thinly pilose beneath; petiole up to 30–80 mm long

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules filiform

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes lax

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx deflexed against the pedicel, 7–11 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard elliptic, yellow and purplish veined; keel bent at right-angles in the lower half, 8–11.5 mm long, with a straight untwisted beak

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod 30–45 x 8–12 mm, sessile, spreading pilose, c. 40–50-seeded.

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular

bicho, campana amarilla, cargadita, cascabel, cascabeles, cascabelillo, cascabelito, cascabelitos, chilinchín, chochitos, empanaditas, hierba de la luna, maraquitas, quebraplatos, tote, yerba de caballo, yerba de chulo, yerba de sapo

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit

Erect or spreading usually rather bushy herb, up to 1.5(3.5) m tall, variously hairy.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets up to 2.5–5 × 1.7–4.5 cm, elliptic-obovate to obovate or subcircular, rounded to retuse at apex, usually thinly pilose beneath; petioles mostly longer than leaflets; stipules 2.5–12(20) mm long, filiform.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes usually lax, few–many-flowered; bracts 1–10 mm long, subulate or linear; bracteoles curved-ascending from just below calyx, 2–6 mm long, linear.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 7–11 mm long, subglabrous to spreading pilose; lobes narrow, ± twice as long as tube.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard elliptic, yellow, veined reddish-brown or purple, glabrous or medially pubescent outside; wings nearly as long as keel; keel 8–11.5 mm long, bent at right-angles in lower half, lanate-pilose on upper margin.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod 3–4.5 cm long, fusiform-clavate, subsessile, somewhat pointed, pilose.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds 2.5–3 mm long, oblique-cordiform, smooth or obscurely papillose, pale brown, mottled darker, or olive-green.

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution

Native from Colombia.

Ecology

Alt. 0 - 2600 m.

Use

Environmental, Medicine, Toxins, Weed

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders

Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).