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Family: Papilionaceae	Genus: Crotalaria	Species: Crotalaria burhia Buch.-Ham ( शनिओ )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym		Flower Color	White
Common Name	Saniya, Kharshan, Vagdaushan	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Saniya	Flowering Period	Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Shinio.	Fruiting Period	Jan-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1000 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Pods appressed-pubescent to almost villous.Seeds subreniform, dark-brown, compressed, shining, smooth, glabrous.
Habitat	Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Indo-Malesia	Bark Details	Bark adpressed pubescence, striate.
Distribution in Haryana	Bhiwani, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Oblong
Description of Species	A low, rigid, small shrub with numerous, stiff branches, Bark adpressed pubescence, striate. Leaves very variable, the lower larger, the upper very small, sub-sessile, oblong, sometimes mucronate, pale-green, silky. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx hairy, teeth lanceolate, acute. Corolla yellow with usually reddish streaks, Stamens 10, monadelphous; anther lobes heteromorphous; 5 stamens with short lobes alternating with 5 stamens with long lobes. Style curved and slightly swollen near base, Fruit a pod, obliquely-ovoid, beaked, brownish. Seed 1.	Leaf Details	Leaves very variable, the lower larger, the upper very small, sub-sessile, oblong, sometimes mucronate, pale-green, silky

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