Common name
English: Rattleweed
Mandarin: 吊裙草 (diao qun cao)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Crotalaria (9)
Epithet: retusa L. (1)
Synonyms: Crotalaria hostmannii Steudel, Crotalaria retusifolia Stokes, Dolichos cuneifolius Forsskal, Lupinus cochinchinensis Lour.
cochinchinensis => from Cochinchina (old name for various southern regions of Vietnam)
cuneifolius => having wedge-shaped leaves
hostmannii => honors Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Hostmann (1794-1846), plant collector in South-America (Surinam)
retusa => blunted, with a slight notch at a rounded apex
retusifolia => having blunt leaves
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, yellow
External links
Check for Crotalaria retusa at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [236] Crotalaria retusa - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [1652] Crotalaria retusa - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
- [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.