Botanical info | A robust undershrub 60 - 120 cm high, growing throughout India, numerous yellow flowers, fruits stalked pods, 15 - 20 seeds per pod, leaves oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, glabrous above and silky pubescent beneath |
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1048) śaṇaghaṇṭikā, f. Crotolaria of various species, L. Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1048) śaṇapuṣpī, f. Crotolaria Verrucosa, Car., Bhpr. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 934) kilukiluppai: 1. Child's rattle; 2. Species of rattlewort as having, when ripe, seeds that rattle in the pod (a) rattlewort, m. sh., Crotalaria pulcherrima: (b) laburnum leaved rattlewort, m. sh., Crotalaria labrunifolia; 3. A copiously branching shrub with quadrangular stems, Crotalaria verucosa
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