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Crotalaria retusa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by various common names including devil-bean, rattleweed, shack shack, and wedge-leaf rattlepod. It is poisonous to livestock, and contaminates human food. Its original native range is unclear, probably including tropical Asia, Africa and Australia. It has been introduced as a crop plant in many tropical areas and has escaped from cultivation to become a troublesome weed; it is listed as a noxious weed in several US states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and is listed as an invasive weed in India, Cuba, and Cocos Island. Unlike some other species of Crotalaria, it is an annual plant.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual
- Genus
- Crotalaria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 9-11
- Mature Height
- 0.61 m to 1.52 m
- Mature Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- Yellow
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm to 5.08 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Summer, Early fall, Mid fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer, Fall
- Native Area
- Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Somalia, Angola, Malaysia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Yemen, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau, Brunei, Mali, Benin, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mozambique, Cameroon, Oman, Ghana, Central African Republic, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Sudan, Bangladesh, Laos, Guinea, Chad, China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Togo, Bhutan, Senegal, Singapore, Iran, Gambia, Thailand
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Rattlebox en Devil-bean en Wedge-leaf crotalaria en Wedge-leaf rattlepod en Rattleweed en Rattlepod en Big Yellow Popbush en Yellow rattlebox en Wedgeleaf rattlebox en Wedgeleaf rattlepod en Large Yellow Rattlebox en Big Yellow Pupbush en Cascabelillo en Pois France Marron en Shack Shack en Yellow Lupin
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