See status, confidence level, source for definitions. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Crotalaria ochroleuca in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. There about 600 species of crotalaria throughout the worlds tropics, with africa being home to about 500 of those species. The plant has been adopted in the farming systems of the southern part of tanzania particularly for the purpose of improving soil fertility and weed control in the farms. Cultivation 4 soil and harvestingmoisture requirements 4 palatability to livestock. It is used in the production of twine, rug yarn, tissue paper, fishnets, sacking, canvas, and cordage duke, 1983. Crotalaria ochroleuca as a green manure crop in uganda. Morphological descriptions of these endophytic isolates matched well with their molecular analysis. Pdf nutritional composition of slenderleaf crotalaria. Warm season cover crop adaptation trials using crotalaria. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Crotalaria ochroleuca has bright green leaves, and grows to a height of 250cm. Don family fabaceae isolectotype of crotalaria cannabina baker f.
Information is limited on the adaptation and production of sunn hemp crotalaria juncea l. Effectiveness was estimated by visual observation of plant vigor and foliage color of 30dayold plants. Crotalaria ochroleuca combate os nematoides youtube. There are many species and most of them are poisonous. They have a high potential of playing a significant role in alleviating the high rate of malnutrition in the country. Methylotrophic methylobacterium bacteria nodulate and fix. Don 1832, a second species of a largeflowered narrowleaflet group of subtly separated.
Crotalaria brevidens rattle pod is a plant in the legume fabaceae family that is eaten in africa. Crotalaria ochroleuca susceptibility to heterodera glycines. Six rations supplemented with 10, 30 or 50% marejea seed or leaf meals were tested for toxic effects compared with 1 control ration. The species were identified as paecilomyces inflatus and bionectria ochroleuca based on molecular and morphological analyses. Presented here is summary information about the species crotalaria ochroleuca from the global compendium of weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Antinutritional effects of crotalaria ochroleuca marejea in animal feed supplements were studied in rats fed marejea supplemented rations. The plant grows from west africa to the sudan and south to angola, mozambique, zimbabwe, and botswana.
An wikimedia commons mayda media nga nahahanungod han. Some documents posted on the hear website are in adobe acrobat pdf format. General information about crotalaria ochroleuca cvtoc this website uses cookies our website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best possible online experience. If your computer is not already set up to read these files, you can download the free adobe acrobat reader. Crotalaria ochroleuca is widely distributed in africa as an indigenous legume pohill, 1982. Antinutritional effects of crotalaria ochroleuca marejea. The flowers are pale yellow or creamish in colour and the seeds. Pyrrolizi pyrrolizi dine alkaloids are present in some species, which in livestock can cause acute or more often chronic poisoning known as crotal ism. One of those african species is crotalaria ochroleuca, also commonly called marejea marejea, which can be found throughout most of tropical africa, is consumed as a leafy vegetable in kenya, tanzania, uganda, senegal, nigeria, cameroon, congo, dr congo, and others. Pdf studying the link between physiological performance. A higher seeding rate of 4958 lbacre has been used to establish thick stands for green manure wang and mcsorley, 2009 and higher rates are also used in fiber production to insure upright stems, produce finer fiber, and to increase yield duke, 1983. Agromorphological characterization of kenyan slender leaf. Among the alvs commonly consumed among many communities in kenya is.
New records of endophytic paecilomyces inflatus and. Plants profile for crotalaria ochroleuca slender leaf. Rattlepod is closely related to crotalaria brevidens and information cannot always be attributed to either one of them with certainty299. These plants get their name from the sound made when their podlike fruit is shaken, causing the seeds to rattle around inside. Responses of slenderleaf rattlebox crotalaria ochroleuca to water deficit p. Crotalaria ochroleuca is an erect muchbranched annual or shortlived perennial herb growing up to 2. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of weeds of the u.
This wildflower is a summer annual about 612 tall that branches occasionally. Crotalaria brevidens and crotalaria ochroleuca are leafy vegetable species found to be cultivated in western kenya. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Enlow, associate agronomist, office of forage crops and diseases, bureau of plant industry contents page introduction use 1 general description time2 climatic requirements. Past research efforts have shown that the soft, lignified fibers produced in the stem of sunn hemp could be utilized in the manufacturing of pulp and paper, and more recent efforts have indicated that other potential products can be developed from these fibers. Crotalaria spectabilis is an erect, muchbranched annual to perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and persist. Information on crotalaria ochroleuca as relevant to pacific islands is provided by the global compendium of weeds gcw. Sep 26, 2019 studying the link between physiological performance of crotalaria ochroleuca and the distribution of ca, p, k and s in seeds with xray fluorescence. Crotalaria definition of crotalaria by the free dictionary.
Read the potential of marejea crotalaria ochroleuca as green manure in maize production in the kilimanjaro region of tanzania, soil use and management on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Its original native range is unclear, probably including tropical asia, africa and australia. Slender leaf crotalaria spp is among the indigenous and underutilized vegetables in kenya whose production is limited to the western and coastal regions of the country. Pdf crotalaria ochroleuca as a green manure crop in uganda. Rattlebox crotalaria sagittalis bean family fabaceae description. Crotalaria ochroleuca reduced the number of females and the total number of eggs of the races 1, 2, 5 and 6. General information crotalaria spectabilis is an erect, muchbranched annual to perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and persist.
Chipilin, crotalaria ochroleuca, marejea, vegetable, green. It has been introduced as a crop plant in many tropical areas and has. Moreover, it reduces nematodes populations and promotes soil. Department of agriculture agricultural research service.
The experiment was carried out with crotalaria juncea, crotalaria spectabilis, crotalaria breviflora, and crotalaria ochroleuca, during the 20142015 crop year. As a member of the legume family, it was brought to the united states to be used as a cover crop to help set nitrogen in dry sandy soils. Responses of slenderleaf rattlebox crotalaria ochroleuca. Okello department of botany, school of biological and physical sciences, maseno university, private bag, maseno, kenya article published on december 23, 20. Ang crotalaria ochroleuca sakop sa kahenera nga crotalaria sa kabanay nga fabaceae. Keys to the flora of florida 24, crotalaria leguminosae daniel b. Some species of crotalaria are grown as fiber crops, fodder, and green manure, while others are used medicinally and as ornamentals.
Wikispecies har information om crotalaria ochroleuca. Title protabase plant resources of tropical africa. The former has a mild taste whereas the latter has a bitter taste, but both species are commonly called rattle pod, rattle box, sunnhemp or slenderleaf. For a long time, this crop has been neglected in terms of research and genetic improvement. The main stem is slender with drooping branches, the new stems are velvety to the touch.
The leaves are divided into 3 narrow leaflets typically 10 cm long by 2 cm wide. These two seeds are legumes which play an important role in the maintenance and improvement of soil fertility in tropical areas. Attractive trifoliate leaves are bright green above and bluegreen beneath, and the young growth is silvery blue. Production of the green manure by intercropping crotalaria with either maize or beans was found to be feasible with little reduction in food crop yield and a mean land equivalent ratio of 1. Crotalaria capensis is an evergreen, quickgrowing, muchbranched shrub or small upright tree, 25 m high. Bionectria ochroleuca notl33 an endophytic fungus from nothapodytes foetida producing antimicrobial and free radical scavenging metabolites article pdf available in annals of microbiology. Crotalaria junceais grown mainly in india, brazil, and west pakistan for its fiber. Pdf bionectria ochroleuca notl33 an endophytic fungus. It is poisonous to livestock, and contaminates human food.
Studying the link between physiological performance of crotalaria ochroleuca and the distribution of ca, p, k and s in seeds with xray fluorescence. Eight crotalaria traits were evaluated in 1,000 randomly collected pods per species. Pdf studying the link between physiological performance of. This species can best be distinguished by the colour of the flower pale yellow or creamish vs. Two new species of endophytic fungi were encountered during a diversity study of healthy tissues of chili pepper plants in korea. Media in category russula ochroleuca the following 43 files are in this category, out of 43 total. Provided by ars systematic botany and mycology laboratory. The record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as an accepted name record 6027.
There is therefore scanty information on its morphological diversity and agronomic performance, hence the need for this study. Usually bright yellow in crotalaria brevidens, the calyx glabrous versus often puberulous, and the fruit diameter 1. Rattlebox crotalaria species at jdsp worldwide, there are over 600 species in the genus crotalaria, also commonly known as rattlebox, rattlepod, shake shake, or devilbean. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the plants classification report. Continuing to use this website means you agree to our use of cookies. The potential of crotalaria ochroleuca as a green manure crop was evaluated in a series of onstation and onfarm trials on reddish kaolinitic loam and sandy clay loam soils in uganda. Crotalaria ochroleuca susceptibility to heterodera. Plants profile for crotalaria ochroleuca slender leaf rattlebox. Crotalaria retusa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by various common names including devilbean, rattleweed, shack shack, and wedgeleaf rattlepod. Crotalaria leguminosae is represented in florida by species. Definitions of terms are available in the gcw introduction. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Crotalaria ochroleuca information from the global compendium. African leafy vegetables alv are commonly consumed in kenya.
The diseases caused have many names including walkabout, kimberley horse disease, stywesiekte and. Issn 16783921 sample size for the estimation of pearsons. Crotalaria an wikispecies in mayada impormasyon nga may pagkahisumpay ha. Aug 04, 2017 commonly known as showy rattlebox, showy crotalaria is a fast growing summer annual that germinates in early spring and flowers in late summer. General information growing nitrogenfixing legumes and incorporating the biomass into the soil before planting a food crop can improve soil productivity and the yields of the following crop. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Crotalaria ochroleuca wikispecies, free species directory. The plant first known in florida as crotalaria intermedia kotschy 1865 and later as c. Pages in category crotalaria the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. There is an increased interest in crotalaria entries as a cover crop for sugarcane saccharum officinarum l. Media in category crotalaria the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Don calopo calopogonium mucunoides black jack bean canavalia ensiformis l.
Crotalaria ochroleuca rattle pod is a plant in the legume fabaceae family that is eaten in africa. They all contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids which cause damage in liver, lungs and in pigs in the kidney. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are present in some species, which in livestock can cause acute or more often chronic poisoning known as crotal ism. Crotalaria, a new legume for the south by roland mckia senior agronomist, and o. Don family leguminosaepapilionoideae filed as crotalaria ochroleuca g. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Crotalaria ochroleuca cvtocoverview eppo global database. Several tribes known to reside in the country, including the luhyas, luos and kisiis tribes, have been reported to have an extraordinarily high number of these species in comparison to other plant species in their communities. The reproduction of race 3 in crotalaria was equal to that of soybean cultivars in both assessment periods, whereas race 14 only reduced the reproduction in crotalaria to 60 days.
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