Slender Leaf Rattlebox: CASC Cambodia
(Crotalaria ochroleuca)
Crotalaria ochroleuca is an annual herbaceous plant utilized for fiber, forage, and as a green manure cover crop. Reaching heights of 2.5 m, C. ochroleuca bears long, slender, trifoliate leaves and five-petalous blooms (banner, wing, and keel) similar to other legumes. Short-day flowering.
Crotalaria is perennial herb growinng up to 2.5m. It grows vigorously in well-drained soils with pH of 5.0-7.5 and thrives even on poor soils with little or no nitrogen fertilizer.