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Cats bell, showy crotalaria, showy rattlepod |
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| Vernacular name | Greater rattle pod, Jangli san, jhunjhunia | |
| Scientific name | Crotolaria spectaballis Roth. | |
| Family | Fabaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | A annual shrub, 1-1.5 m tall, many branches covered with velvety hairs. | |
| Leaves | Oblong leaves, with a wedge-shaped base. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Numerous large yellow flowers occur in erect racemes, flowers are 2.5 cm across, bright yellow, with purple tinge. The "standard" petal is circular. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Long, elliptic bearing many seeds | |
| Habitat and distribution | Open ground, cultivated fields, roadsides, railroads | |
| Flowering and fruiting | August - November | |
| Associated with | Wasteland flora | |
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