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'''Crotalaria juncea''' is an erect, laxly branched annual plant. It grows upto 1 - 3 metres tall. The plant has been cultivated since prehistoric times, especially in India, for its fibre. It is widely grown in many areas of the tropics and subtropics, including Africa, Asia and Australasia, as a green manure crop and for its fibre
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=Brown hemp, False hemp|gu=Shan, Shaniyu|hi=Patsan, San|kn=ಸೆಣಬು Senabu|ks=|ml=Chanam, Kilukiluppa|mr=Dhakti ghagari|pa=San, Sanni|ta=Canal, Catampu|te=Gilaka-chettu}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|HerbAnnual}}
==Identification==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal raceme|Yellow||manyMany-flowered, 15-30 cm long. Flowers yellow, 1.5-2 cm long; pedicels c. 5 mm long.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Pod|2.5-3x 1-1.3 cm||oblongOblong-cylindrical, fulvous silky hairy|Seeds 8-15, c. 4 mm long, obliquely-cordiform.|}}
===Other features===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Sunn hemp is often cultivated in the dry to moist tropics and subtropics, where it can be grown at elevations up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30°c, but can tolerate 4 - 40°c.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Sparse forests}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Along trails}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229377 Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/c/crotalaria-juncea Common names]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ Cultivation]</ref>
</references>
