Crotalaria juncea L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Crotalaria L.
Tribe: Crotalarieae
References: [461][1056][1110][1790][1915][2235]

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Other names:

• Crotalaria benghalensis Lam. [Synonym] [1290][1915][1110]
  
• Crotalaria fenestrata Sims [Synonym] [1510][1290][1110]
  
• Crotalaria porrecta Wallich [Synonym] [1110]
  
• Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. [Synonym] [1915][1510][1290][1110]
  
• Crotalaria viminea Wallich [Synonym] [1110]
  

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Common Names:

• Cascavelle [1941]
  
• Grand Sonnette [1290]
  
• Grand Tcha-tcha [1290]
  
• Sonnette [1290]
  
• Sunn Crotalaria [1862]
  
• Sunn Hemp [1941] [2266] [1056] [1902]
  
• Sunnhemp [2914]
  
• Tcha-tcha [1290]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
  • 1998 Bisby FA

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Uses:

• Environmental [1790] [1915] [461]
  
• Fibre [1790] [1915] [2914] [461]
  
• Toxins [1919] [261]
  
• Wood [2914]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Ghana [212]
  • Kenya [210] [461]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [23]
  • Uganda [210]

• Asia [261] [1179] [1914] [1929] [1937] [1938] [1939] [1943] [1957] [2073] [2914]
  • Afghanistan [1939]
  • Cambodia [1937]
  • China [1179]
  • India-ISO [461] [1914]
  • Indonesia-ISO [1943]
  • Iraq [1939]
  • Irian Jaya [261]
  • Laos [1937]
  • Malaysia-ISO [1943]
  • Myanmar [1914]
  • Pakistan [1938] [2914]
  • Philippines [1943]
  • Sri Lanka [1957]
  • Taiwan [1929]
  • Thailand [2073]
  • Vietnam [1937]

• Australasia [261] [1880]
  • Australia [1880]
    • New South Wales [1880]
    • Northern Territory [1880]
    • Queensland [1880]
    • Western Australia [1880]
  • Papua New Guinea [261]

• Caribbean [1056] [1290] [1430] [1790] [2157]
  • Antigua-Barbuda [1790]
  • Barbados [1790]
  • Dominican Republic [2157]
  • Haiti [2157]
  • Jamaica [1056] [2157]
  • Martinique [1290] [1790] [2157]
  • Puerto Rico [1430]
  • Virgin Is [2157]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [3068]
  • Madagascar [461]
  • Mauritius [1915]
  • Reunion [1915]
  • Seychelles [3068]

• Pacific Ocean [2266]
  • Niue [2266]

• South America [2285]
  • Brazil [1414]
  • Colombia [1110]
  • Guyana [2285]
  • Surinam [2285]

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Notes:

• Cultivated in Jamaica. [1056]
  
• Ranks next of importance to jute as a fibre crop [1862]
  
• Major fibre crop in the Punjab (6,000-8,000 hectares) [2914]
  
• Grown for fibre and firewood in NW Frontier Province, but declining [2914]
  
• Suffers from pod borer damage in some areas [2914]
  
• Germplasm (seed) at PARC, Islamabad & International Jute Organisation, Dhaka [2914]
  
• An unnamed variety was recorded from the Seychelles by Bailey (1971). [3068]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:11:13