Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
Subfamily | Faboideae |
Tribe | Crotalarieae |
Scientific name | Crotalaria sessiliflora L. |
Synonyms | Crotalaria anthylloides Lamarck, non D. Don; Crotalaria brevipes Champion ex Bentham; Crotalaria eriantha Siebold & Zuccarini; Crotalaria nepalensis Link; Crotalaria sessiliflora L. forma obtusata Matsumura |
Common name | (Japanese common name) tanuke-mame (タヌキマメ, 狸豆 [meaning: raccoon dog beans]) |
(English common name) rattlebox | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan | |
Habitat | Wet field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=12, 14 |
Description | Plants electing 20-50cm tall, hairy. Leaves 2.5-10cm long, 4-8mm wide. Flowers bule, calyxs hairy ca. 1-1.5cm long after flowering, flowering in July to September. Annual plants. |
Reference | Crotalaria sessiliflora L. |
Crotalaria sessiliflora L. | |
A method of treatment and agents useful for same (WIPO Patent WO/2007/073583) |
September 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
August 2008 at Naruto Marsh |
August 2008 at Naruto Marsh |
August 2008 at Naruto Marsh |
October 2008 at Naruto Marsh |
October 2008 at Naruto Marsh |