Crotalaria agatiflora Schweinf.

First published in Rudolph-Stephanie-See, App.: 13 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial, subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and as animal food, a poison and a medicine.

Descriptions

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Cultivated in Colombia.
Ecology
Alt. 2600 - 2820 m.
[UPB]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2600–2820 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cundinamarca.
Habit
Shrub.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

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
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 2600 - 2820 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto
[CPLC]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144315576/149051058

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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
[AERP]

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
crotalaria, pajarito, zapatico
[UNAL]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Afromontane grassland, Montane wooded grassland, Afromontane(upland) bushland and thicket., Cultivated
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub/Tree
Vernacular
Canary Bird Bush, Canary-Bird Bush, Pajarito
[ILDIS]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Eaten by animals (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Environmental
Environmental uses (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Poisons
Poisons (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Use
Environmental
[ILDIS]

Common Names

English
Canary Bird Bush

Sources

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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