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Crotalaria pallida (2661232104)

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Summary[edit] Description: Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Crotalaria pallida kroh-tuh-LAR-ee-uh -- Greek krotalos; refers to sound, dried pods make when shaken PAL-lid-duh -- meaning, pale, pallid commonly known as: salts rattlebox, smooth crotalaria, streaked rattlepod, striped crotalaria • Chuukese: afalafal • Fijian: kaumothe, nggiringgiri, pini, toela • French: crotalaire mucronée • Hawaiian: kolomona, pikakani • Hindi: सन san (more app. for C. juncea) • Maori (Cook Islands): maniva • Marathi: जंगली ताग jungali tag • Niuean: pine kotalelia • Palauan: kuroteraria • Tongan: pi‘isi Probable origin: tropical Africa; widely naturalised in tropics References: PIER species infoNPGS / GRINILDIS. Date: 12 July 2008, 11:20. Source: Crotalaria pallida. Author: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.

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