Pods; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; 12/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Opened pod; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; 12/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Leaves; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; 12/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Branch with infructescences; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; 12/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; 12/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 2101
Date of entry: 06.05.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Crotalaria (9)
Epithet: tetragona Andrews (1)
Synonyms: Crotalaria esquirolii H.Lev., Crotalaria grandiflora Zoll.
esquirolii => in honor of Joseph Henri Esquirol (1870-1934), French missionary, linguist and plant collector in Yunnan, P.R. China
grandiflora => with flowers larger than the normal
tetragona => four-angled, square
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow