Crotalaria spectabilis, the showy rattlebox or showy rattlepod, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, and Southeast Asia.[1] It was introduced (originally as a green manure) to most of the world's tropics and subtropics and is now a serious agricultural pest species.[2] It is toxic to livestock, causing liver damage.[3]

Crotalaria spectabilis
Habit
Close-up of flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Crotalaria
Species:	C. spectabilis
Binomial name
Crotalaria spectabilis Roth
Synonyms[1]
List Crotalaria alatipes Raf. Crotalaria leschenaultii Macfad. Crotalaria lupiniflora Graham Crotalaria lupinifolia Steud. Crotalaria macrophylla Weinm. Crotalaria retzii Hitchc. Crotalaria sericea Retz. Crotalaria spectabilis subsp. parvibracteata Niyomdham

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