Crotalaria calycina (Schrank)

Gorandiya
Synonyms: Crotalaria anthylloides Don, Crotalaria linearis Herb., Crotalaria roxburghiana DC., Crotalaria stricta Roxb.
Vernacular Name: Sinhala: Gorandiya
Description: Annual herb, 30-100 cm high, unbranched or with a few slender ascending branches, clthed with silky hairs; leaves linear or lanceolate, moderately firm, 5-10 cm long, glabrous above, obscurely silky beneath, stipules very minute, deciduous; racemes terminal, 2 to 12 flowered, rarely reaching 15 cm in length; flowers may also be solitary, flowers pale yellow, less than 2.5 cm in length, calyx densely covered with long silky brown hairs, pods sessile, 1.25-1.80 cm long, 20 to 30 seeded.
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