Crotalaria pallida Aiton

Description:

Kampung Belukar, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Crotalaria pallida Aiton. Fabaceae. CN: [Malay - (Dusun) Kiri-kiri, Tirik-irik], Salts rattlebox, Smooth rattlebox, Striped crotalaria, Streaked rattlepod, Native of tropical Africa, tropical Asia' elsewhere naturalized or cultivated. perennial herb or sub-shrub, with stems ascending or erect, 1-2 m tall. Leaves are trifoliate, leaflets elliptic, ovate, or oblanceolate, 2.8-9.5 cm long, 1.2-4.5 cm wide. Leaf base is wedge-shaped or rounded, with leaf stalk 2.2-6.7 cm long. Flowers are 1-1.5 cm long, 22-75 in terminal, somewhat lax inflorescence about 15-40 cm long. Petals are yellow with lines near base, standard petal 0.9-1.2 cm long, 7-9 mm wide, keel petals striated, with non-twisted prolonged beak. Pods brown at maturity, 3.5-3.8 cm long. Synonym(s):Crotalaria brownei Bertero ex DC.Crotalaria falcata Vahl ex DC. [= Crotalaria pallida var. obovata]Crotalaria mucronata Desv.Crotalaria obovata G. Don [ Crotalaria pallida var. obovata]Crotalaria striata DC.Ref and suggested reading:www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70209www.hear.org/starr/images/species/?q=crotalaria+pallida&a...www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Smooth Rattlepod.htmlwww.sabah.edu.my/itma012/kiri-kiri.htm