Crotalaria sessiliflora




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)



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at Ushiku Forest Park
August 2008
at Naruto Marsh
August 2008
at Naruto Marsh



August 2008
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October 2008
at Naruto Marsh
October 2008
at Naruto Marsh