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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 714. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per. May-September.
Type: Lectotype: Herb.Linn.895/11 (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: Doubtfully wild; cultivated extensively for fibre in Pakistan; India; Burma; Malay Isles; Australia; Russia; introduced in Tropical Africa.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Cultivated for its fibres, which provide the Sunn Hemp of commerce.
Illustration: Crotalaria juncea L. (Illustration)
Map Location: B,C-6 Peshawar, Sept. 1907, H. Deane (K); B-7 Kashmir: 11 miles from Muzaffarabad on way to Abbottabad, S.A. Faruqi & M.Qaiser 3177 (KUH); Hazara: Batgram, M.Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 5460 (KUH); C-7 Jehlum: About a mile from Chakwal on way to Rawalpindi S.A.Faruqi & M.Qaiser 2898 (KUH); Jhelum: Kotian village near Sarai-Alamgir, August 1968, Saida Qureshi s.n. (KUH); Rawalpindi : On way to Margala hills from Wah Garden along road side, Saida Qureshi 275 (KUH); Rawalpindi, Salahuddin Masud 36 (KUH); D-7 Sahiwal, 3 miles from Bhai-phero on way to Canal near Baghiana, S.A. Faruqi & Sultanul Abedin 2238 (KUH); E-5 Dera Ghazi Khan; 2 miles from Rajanpur on way to Mithankot, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 9560; 9559 (KUH) ; F-5 Nawab Shah: 5 miles from Sakrand on way to Sukkur, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 9451 (KUH) ; G-4 Karachi: Malir Ruqayya Islam s.n. October 1956 (KUH).

 

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Annual, c. 60-250 cm tall; many ascending branches, pubescent. Leaf simple, c. 2.5-10.5 cm long, c. 6-20 mm broad, linear or oblong, obtuse or subacute, apiculate, pubescent on both sides, hairs appressed, silky; petiole c. 1.2-2.5 mm long; stipules almost absent. Inflorescence an erect terminal and lateral raceme, up to 30 cm long, 12-20-flowered. Pedicel c. 3-7 mm long. Bract minute; bracteoles 2, below the calyx. Calyx c. 1.8-2.0 cm long, pubescent, teeth linear-lanceolate. Corolla bright yellow. Vexillum ovate-oblong, slightly exserted. Fruit c. 2.5-3.2 cm long, sessile, pubescent, 10-15-seeded.
 
 
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