Crotalaria juncea

Crotalaria juncea
Crotalaria juncea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Crotalaria
Species: C. juncea
Binomial name
Crotalaria juncea
L.

Crotalaria juncea, known as Sunn or sunn hemp, is a tropical Asian plant of the legume family (Fabaceae).

Grown as a source of green manure, fodder and the lignified fiber obtained from its stem, it bears yellow flowers and elongate, alternate leaves.

Sunn Hemp is also being looked at as a possible bio-fuel.[citation needed]

Description

Annual, c. 60-250 cm tall.

Many ascending branches, pubescent.

Leaf simple, c. 2.5-10.5 cm long, c. 6-20 mm broad, linear or oblong, obtuse or subacute, apiculate, pubescent on both sides, hairs appressed, silky.

Petiole c. 1.2-2.5 mm long; stipules almost absent.

Inflorescence an erect terminal and lateral raceme, up to 30 cm long, 12-20-flowered. Pedicel c. 3-7 mm long. Bract minute; bracteoles 2, below the calyx. Calyx c. 1.8-2.0 cm long, pubescent, teeth linear-lanceolate. Corolla bright yellow. Vexillum ovate-oblong, slightly exserted.

Fruit c. 2.5-3.2 cm long, sessile, pubescent, 10-15-seeded. Fl.Per. May-September.

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  • Crotalaria juncea — Crotalaria Crot a*la ri*a (kr?t ? l? r? ? or kr? t? l? r? A), n. [NL. See {Crotalum}.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox. [1913 Webster] Note: {Crotalaria juncea} furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Crotalaria juncea — Sunn Sunn, n. [Hind. san, fr. Skr. [,c]ana.] (Bot.) An East Indian leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea}) and its fiber, which is also called {sunn hemp}. [Written also {sun}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crotalaria juncea — Hemp Hemp (h[e^]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[ae]nep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka nnabis, ka nnabos; cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [,c]a[.n]a; all prob. borrowed from some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • CROTALARIA JUNCEA L. - КРОТАЛЯРИЯ СИТНИКОВАЯ — см. 424. Однолетнее растение. С. juncea L. К. ситниковая Sp. pl. (1753) 714. Фл. СССР XI (1945) 47. Wealth of India II (1950). Иванова и Мещерюк (1954) 110. Watt, Breyer (1962) 585. S y n. С. benghalensis Lam.; C. sericea Willd. (non Retz.); C.… …   Справочник растений

  • Crotalaria juncea — ID 22969 Symbol Key CRJU Common Name sunn hemp Family Fabaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Introduced to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution FL, HI, PR, VI Growth Habit Forb/herb Duration …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Crotalaria Juncea — L. Sun hemp (E) . The leaves and young pods have served as famine foods in India. Some species are good cattle feed, others are poisonous; some serve for bird food, others do not …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • Crotalaria juncea L. — Symbol CRJU Common Name sunn hemp Botanical Family Fabaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Crotalaria — Blütenstand von Crotalaria naragutensis Systematik Eurosiden I Ordnung: Schme …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crotalaria — Crot a*la ri*a (kr?t ? l? r? ? or kr? t? l? r? A), n. [NL. See {Crotalum}.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox. [1913 Webster] Note: {Crotalaria juncea} furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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