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