Common name
English: Smooth Rattlebox
Mandarin: 猪屎豆 (zhu shi dou)
English: Smooth Rattlebox
Mandarin: 猪屎豆 (zhu shi dou)
Kingdom: Plantae (2599)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Crotalaria (9)
Epithet: pallida Aiton (2)
Synonyms: Crotalaria brownei DC., Crotalaria fertilis Delile, Crotalaria hookeri Arn.
fertilis => fertile, productive
pallida => somewhat pallid, greenish
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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