Smooth Rattlebox, Smooth Crotalaria, Streaked Rattlepod Crotalaria pallida

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Botanical Name:

Crotalaria pallida

Family:

Fabaceae

Genus:

Crotalaria

Species:

pallida

Common Name:

Smooth Rattlebox, Smooth Crotalaria, Streaked Rattlepod

Seeds Per Pound:

89,901

Quantity:

0.12 lb

Average Viable Seeds/Packet:

Germination:

98%

Germination Test Type:

Cut (Full Seed)

Purity:

99%

Height:

3-5 feet

Collection Locale:

Hawaii
Maui

Crop Year:

2018

Minimum Hardiness Zone:

Harvest hemisphere:

Northern

In Stock: 0.12 lb

Prices

Crotalaria pallida

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Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:

1 packet (~ 38 seeds)

$5.95

10 gram (~ 1982 seeds)

$29.50

1 oz (~ 5619 seeds)

$59.95

Characteristics

Edible

Growing Info, follow in order:

Scarification: Soak in hot tap water, let stand in water for 24 hours, repeat process on seed that did not imbibe.

Stratification: none required.

Germination: sow seed 1/8" deep , tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
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In a Nutshell:

* Crotalaria pallida(syn. Crotalaria mucronataDesc, Crotalaria striataDC, Crotalaria falcataVAHL ex DC, Crotalaria browneiDC.,Crotalaria fertilisDelile,Crotalaria hookeriArn.,Crotalaria pisiformisGuill. &Perr.,Crotalaria siamicaF.N.Williams,Crotalaria striatavar. acutifoliaTrin.,Crotalaria tinctoriaBaill,Crotalaria zuccarininanaD.Dietr.), commonly known as the chique chique, gergellim bravo, giant striata, guizo-de-cascavel, maraca-de-cobra, rattleweed, rattlebox, smooth crotalaria, or the streaked rattlepod, is a species of flowering plant within the family Fabaceae.

* This shrub (annual or short-lived perennial herb) has height of about 1.5 m. The stout stem is hairy and has longitudinal grooves. Leaves are trifoliate with a 2-8.5 cm long petiole, leaflets 3-13 x 2–5 cm and elliptical to obovate. Flowers are yellow, often reddish-brown veined and borne on 15–40 cm long racemes, each with 20-30 flowers. Fruits are 3-5 x 0.6-0.8 cm, 30-40 seeded that are heart-shaped, 3 x 2 mm, shiny, mottled ochre and dark grey-green or brown.

* C. pallidais found in Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Indonesia, Sudan, Florida, Puerto Rico, Brazil and India.

* The plant is grown as a ground cover and a green manure crop, especially in the inter-rows of rubber trees and coconut palms. Flowers are eaten as a vegetable in Cambodia, where the seeds are roasted and grounded for use as a sort of coffee beverage. The roots are sometimes chewed with betel nuts in Vietnam.

* In traditional medicine, the plant is used to treat urinary problems and fever, a poultice of the roots is applied to swelling of joints and an extract of the leaves is taken to expel intestinal worms.

* In Brunei Darussalam, it was mainly used as ornamental plant and some farmers grow them as green manure.

* Crotalaria mucronata Desvwas reported to be widely used in the southern part of the U.S.A. as a green manure crop under the name “giant striata”.

Usda description:

More info on http://plants.usda.gov

Usda description:

More info on http://plants.usda.gov

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Fabaceae

Crotalaria

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Smooth Rattlebox, Smooth Crotalaria, Streaked Rattlepod

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Annual Plant

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Heat Tolerant

Medicinal

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