Crotalaria retusa in Genus Crotalaria

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Internal ID	UUID643fde65c46c3991058168
Scientific name	Crotalaria retusa
Authority	L.
First published in	Sp. Pl.: 715 (1753)

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Crotalaria retusa, also known as devil-bean or rattleweed, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family. It is native to tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia, but has been introduced as a crop plant in many other areas. However, it has become a problematic weed in some places and is listed as a noxious weed in several US states and other countries. This annual plant is poisonous to livestock and can contaminate human food. It is also used as a fiber crop and for green manure, but its toxicity makes it a threat to animal and human health. The plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are toxic to birds and large mammals. In Australia, horses are the only known animals to die from consuming this plant, with symptoms including weight loss, sleepiness, and depression. In the US, the seeds have been found to be poisonous to chickens.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Crotalaria retusa var. maritima	Trimen

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	rattleweed
English	rattlepod
English	devil-bean
English	shack shack
English	wedge-leaf rattlepod
Bengali	বনশণ
Bengali	অতসী
Kannada	ಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಡ
Malayalam	ചണ
Malayalam	തന്തലക്കൊട്ടി
Malayalam	കിലുകിലുക്കി
pap	bonchi totolika
tcy	ಗಿಜಿ ಗಿಜಿ ದೈ
Chinese	凹葉野百合
Chinese	吊裙草
Chinese	凹叶野百合

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Name	Authority	First published in
Crotalaria retusa var. indica	Nampy & Sibichen	Rheedea12: 143 (2002)
Crotalaria retusa var. retusa	L.	Unknown
Crotalaria retusa var. tungensis	(Pires de Lima) Polhill	Kew Bull.21: 311 (1968)
Crotalaria retusa var. tunguensis	(Lima) Polhill

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Macaronesia
  - Cape Verde
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Somalia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Malawi
  - Mozambique
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Gambia
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Ivory Coast
  - Liberia
  - Mali
  - Mauritania
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Congo
  - Equatorial Guinea
  - Gabon
  - Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  - Zaïre
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros
  - Madagascar
  - Mauritius
  - Rodrigues
  - Réunion
  - Seychelles

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman
  - Saudi Arabia
  - Yemen
- China
  - China Southeast
  - Hainan
- Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan
- Western Asia
  - Iran

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - East Himalaya
  - India
  - Laccadive Islands
  - Maldives
  - Nepal
  - Pakistan
  - Sri Lanka
  - West Himalaya
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands
  - Cambodia
  - Laos
  - Myanmar
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Borneo
  - Cocos (keeling) Islands
  - Jawa
  - Lesser Sunda Islands
  - Malaya
  - Maluku
  - Philippines
  - Sumatera
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago
  - New Guinea

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - Northern Territory
  - Queensland
  - Western Australia

Northern America click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexico Southwest
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida
  - Georgia

Pacific click to expand
- North-central Pacific
  - Hawaii
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands
  - Marianas
- South-central Pacific
  - Line Islands
  - Marquesas
  - Society Islands
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji
  - Gilbert Islands
  - Nauru
  - New Caledonia
  - Samoa

Southern America click to expand
- Brazil
  - Brazil North
  - Brazil Northeast
  - Brazil South
  - Brazil Southeast
- Caribbean
  - Aruba
  - Bahamas
  - Bermuda
  - Cayman Islands
  - Cuba
  - Dominican Republic
  - Haiti
  - Jamaica
  - Leeward Islands
  - Netherlands Antilles
  - Puerto Rico
  - Southwest Caribbean
  - Trinidad-Tobago
  - Venezuelan Antilles
  - Windward Islands
- Central America
  - Belize
  - Costa Rica
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Nicaragua
  - Panamá
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana
  - Guyana
  - Suriname
  - Venezuela
- Western South America
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Galápagos
  - Peru

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000210930
Florida Plant Atlas	1669
USDA Plants	CRRE4
Tropicos	13029476
INPN	447172
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322611-2
The Plant List	ild-6027
Open Tree Of Life	267997
Observations.org	198633
NCBI Taxonomy	165774
Nature Serve	2.137326
IPNI	322611-2
iNaturalist	161148
GBIF	2942610
EPPO	CVTRE
EOL	694584
Elurikkus	338294
USDA GRIN	12374
Wikipedia	Crotalaria_retusa

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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The paradox of plant preference: The malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii select suboptimal food sources for their survival and reproduction

Paré PS, Hien DF, Youba M, Yerbanga RS, Cohuet A, Gouagna L, Diabaté A, Ignell R, Dabiré RK, Gnankiné O, Lefèvre T

Ecol Evol

25-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10963300
doi:	10.1002/ece3.11187
PMID:	38533352

Implementation of machine learning in DNA barcoding for determining the plant family taxonomy

Riza LS, Zain MI, Izzuddin A, Prasetyo Y, Hidayat T, Abu Samah KA

Heliyon

21-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10520734
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20161
PMID:	37767518

Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India?

Kumar BM

Agrofor Syst

07-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10081327
doi:	10.1007/s10457-023-00821-7
PMID:	37193256

A survey on the potential contribution of Reunion Island dye plant species diversity to the market demand for bioactive plant-based dyes and pigments

Andriamanantena M, Pithon S, Dijoux M, Hoareau M, Fontaine C, Ferrard J, Lavergne C, Petit T, Caro Y

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

25-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10039506
doi:	10.1186/s13002-023-00580-w
PMID:	36964580

Plants causing poisoning outbreaks of livestock in South America: A review

Riet-Correa F, Machado M, Micheloud JF

Toxicon X

21-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9898795
doi:	10.1016/j.toxcx.2023.100150
PMID:	36747993

Differential activity of wheat antioxidant defense system and alterations in the accumulation of osmolytes at different developmental stages as influenced by marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) leachates

Mir RA, Argal S, Ahanger MA, Jatav KS, Agarwal RM

Front Plant Sci

01-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9751799
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2022.1001394
PMID:	36531349

Epidemiology of Yam Viruses in Guadeloupe: Role of Cropping Practices and Seed-Tuber Supply

Diouf MB, Guyader S, Gaspard O, Francius E, Teycheney PY, Umber M

Viruses

27-Oct-2022

PMCID:	PMC9692558
doi:	10.3390/v14112366
PMID:	36366464

Evaluation of the lipase from castor bean (Ricinus Communis L.) as a potential agent for the remediation of used lubricating oil contaminated soils

Aguilera Flores MM, Sánchez Castro MA, Ávila Vázquez V, Correa Aguado HC, García Torres J

J Environ Health Sci Eng

18-Jul-2022

PMCID:	PMC9672203
doi:	10.1007/s40201-022-00806-1
PMID:	36406614

Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa

Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT

Plants (Basel)

23-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9143319
doi:	10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:	35631812

Diversity of Useful Plants in Cabo Verde Islands: A Biogeographic and Conservation Perspective

Duarte MC, Gomes I, Catarino S, Brilhante M, Gomes S, Rendall A, Moreno Â, Fortes AR, Ferreira VS, Baptista I, Dinis H, Romeiras MM

Plants (Basel)

15-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9144021
doi:	10.3390/plants11101313
PMID:	35631738

ROS Metabolism Perturbation as an Element of Mode of Action of Allelochemicals

Staszek P, Krasuska U, Ciacka K, Gniazdowska A

Antioxidants (Basel)

20-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8614981
doi:	10.3390/antiox10111648
PMID:	34829519

Weeds as Pathogen Hosts and Disease Risk for Crops in the Wake of a Reduced Use of Herbicides: Evidence from Yam (Dioscorea alata) Fields and Colletotrichum Pathogens in the Tropics

Dentika P, Ozier-Lafontaine H, Penet L

J Fungi (Basel)

09-Apr-2021

PMCID:	PMC8069099
doi:	10.3390/jof7040283
PMID:	33918581

Current Knowledge and Perspectives of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Pharmacological Applications: A Mini-Review

Wei X, Ruan W, Vrieling K

Molecules

31-Mar-2021

PMCID:	PMC8037423
doi:	10.3390/molecules26071970
PMID:	33807368

Toxic Wasting Disorders in Sheep

Molín J, Mendonça FS, Henderson EE, Nyaoke AC, Ramírez GA, Navarro MA, Uzal FA, Asín J

Animals (Basel)

18-Jan-2021

PMCID:	PMC7831912
doi:	10.3390/ani11010229
PMID:	33477688

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using plant extracts and their antimicrobial activities: a review of recent literature

Vanlalveni C, Lallianrawna S, Biswas A, Selvaraj M, Changmai B, Rokhum SL

RSC Adv

13-Jan-2021

PMCID:	PMC8694026
doi:	10.1039/d0ra09941d
PMID:	35424248

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Malvalic acid	10416	Click to see CCCCCCCCC1=C(C1)CCCCCCC(=O)O	280.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/JSFA.2740470213
Oleic Acid	445639	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	282.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/JSFA.2740470213
Palmitic Acid	985	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	256.42	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/JSFA.2740470213
Ricinoleic acid	643684	Click to see CCCCCCC(CC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O)O	298.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/JSFA.2740470213
Stearic Acid	5281	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	284.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/JSFA.2740470213
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Medium-chain fatty acids
Sterculic acid	12921	Click to see CCCCCCCCC1=C(C1)CCCCCCCC(=O)O	294.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/JSFA.2740470213
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
Linoleic Acid	5280450	Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	280.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/JSFA.2740470213
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Tricarboxylic acids and derivatives
(1R,4R,7S,11Z,18S)-4-ethyl-7,14,18-trimethyl-2,6,9-trioxa-14-azatricyclo[9.5.1.14,7]octadec-11-ene-3,5,8,17-tetrone	162984318	Click to see CCC12C(C(C(=O)OCC3=CCN(CCC(C3=O)OC1=O)C)(OC2=O)C)C	379.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9570466
4-Ethyl-7,14,18-trimethyl-2,6,9-trioxa-14-azatricyclo[9.5.1.14,7]octadec-11-ene-3,5,8,17-tetrone	162984317	Click to see CCC12C(C(C(=O)OCC3=CCN(CCC(C3=O)OC1=O)C)(OC2=O)C)C	379.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9570466
Sericine hydrochlride	4311469	Click to see CC1C(=O)OC2CCN3C2C(=CC3)COC(=O)C(C1(C)OC(=O)C)(C)O	367.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780198570769.003.0002
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyrrolizidines
6-Hydroxy-4,5,6-trimethyl-2,8-dioxa-13-azatricyclo[8.5.1.013,16]hexadecane-3,7-dione	12314909	Click to see CC1C(C(C(=O)OCC2CCN3C2C(CC3)OC1=O)(C)O)C	311.37	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9570466
Unii-qvg5S7bce6	3083583	Click to see CC1C(C(C(=O)OCC2CCN3C2C(CC3)OC1=O)(C)O)C	311.37	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9570466
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyrrolizines
Monocrotaline	9415	Click to see CC1C(=O)OC2CCN3C2C(=CC3)COC(=O)C(C1(C)O)(C)O	325.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600027246 https://doi.org/10.1021/JA01265A073 https://doi.org/10.5530/PJ.2011.22.7
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
3-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxychromen-4-one	14185727	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)O)O	626.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10826079208016365
Quosp	5282166	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)O)O	626.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10826079208016365
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / Isoflav-2-enes / Isoflavones
Genistein	5280961	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=COC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)O	270.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10826079208016365

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Crotalaria retusa

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