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Crotalaria trichotoma (West Indian rattlebox; Tcha-tcha; Sonnette; Cascavelle Trois Feuilles)

Synonyms: Crotalaria cleomoides; Crotalaria thomensis; Crotalaria usaramoensis; Crotalaria zanzibarica

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Structure [3]  Herb

Predators

Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[4]
Saissetia miranda (mexican black scale)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0