Botanical Name - Crotolaria sericea

----- C. sericea, Retz. ; F.B.I. II - 75.

----- Habit and branches of 1. Leaves simple, 3-6 in. long oblanceolate-oblong, sub-coriaceous but soft in texture cuneate at base ; stipules leafy, persistent Racemes terminal 20-40-flowered, often a foot long. Calyx 1/2 in. ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla half as long again as calyx, generally purplish. Pod 1-2 in. long, 3/4 - 7/8 in. broad.

----- Both shrubs are fairly common and are found in waste lands and open-spaces in the forest in sandy soil. They yield fairly strong fibre which makes good cordags.