Description
Kampung Belukar, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. Crotalaria pallida Aiton. Fabaceae. CN: [Malay - (Dusun) Kiri-kiri, Tirik-irik], Salts rattlebox, Smooth rattlebox, Striped crotalaria, Streaked rattlepod, Native of tropical Africa, tropical Asia' elsewhere naturalized or cultivated. perennial herb or sub-shrub, with stems ascending or erect, 1-2 m tall. Leaves are trifoliate, leaflets elliptic, ovate, or oblanceolate, 2.8-9.5 cm long, 1.2-4.5 cm wide. Leaf base is wedge-shaped or rounded, with leaf stalk 2.2-6.7 cm long. Flowers are 1-1.5 cm long, 22-75 in terminal, somewhat lax inflorescence about 15-40 cm long. Petals are yellow with lines near base, standard petal 0.9-1.2 cm long, 7-9 mm wide, keel petals striated, with non-twisted prolonged beak. Pods brown at maturity, 3.5-3.8 cm long. Synonym(s): Crotalaria brownei Bertero ex DC. Crotalaria falcata Vahl ex DC. [= Crotalaria pallida var. obovata] Crotalaria mucronata Desv. Crotalaria obovata G. Don [≡ Crotalaria pallida var. obovata] Crotalaria striata DC. Ref and suggested reading: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70209 www.hear.org/starr/images/species/?q=crotalaria+pallida&a... www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Smooth Rattlepod.html www.sabah.edu.my/itma012/kiri-kiri.htm

