Leguminosae-pap Crotalaria incana L.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Places where this species can be found :

• St. Georges - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Herb to 1.5m, densely hairy; stipules 5mm;

Interest
Gk krotalon, a rattle - reference to the seeds rattling in the inflated pods. Flowers and unrioe fruits are used as an abortefacient in Paraguay, where the pods are a magic cure for mute and stuttering children (Hanum & Van der Maesen, 1997).

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, D.Jules

Specimen Number
1373

Location
In secondart vegetation, at mouth of St. John's river near bridge, sea and stadium.

Notes
2m treelet; castanet-rattly pods, softly hairy when green, turning black. Flowers yellow.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.080000 N   Longitude: 0.0 E   Altitude: 5