Fabaceae
Sunn hemp
Crotalaria juncea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Crotalaria
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- قنب الكروتولاريا
- Bangla
- শনপাট, শণ
- Chinese
- 太陽麻, 菽麻, 印度麻, 响铃草, 太阳麻, 太阳麻根, 自消容, 蘭鈴豆
- English
- Sunn hemp, Brown hemp, Indian hemp, Madras hemp
- gor
- Orok-orok
- guc
- Isirachon
- Hindi
- सनई
- Indonesian
- Orok-orok
- Japanese
- サンヘンプ
- Punjabi
- ਸਣ
- Sundanese
- Orok-orok
- Swedish
- Sunnhampa
- Vietnamese
- Lục lạc sợi
Synonyms
- Crotalaria benghalensis Lam.
- Crotalaria cannabinus Royle
- Crotalaria fenestrata Sims
- Crotalaria ferestrata Sims
- Crotalaria juncea var. bengalensis (Lam.) Kuntze
- Crotalaria juncea var. puncticulata DC.
- Crotalaria kanchiana Gholave, Mane, Gore, Kambale & S.P.Gaikwad
- Crotalaria porrecta Wall.
- Crotalaria sericea Willd.
- Crotalaria tenuifolia Roxb. ex Hornem.
- Crotalaria viminea Wall.
- Isotropis argentea Ewart & Morrison
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: A16898, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A16898, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: భారతీయ ఆయుర్వేద జీవన విజ్ఞానం, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: bimbi bimbi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ks.mini, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: vaishnavigaonkar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gabriela.lobue, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Julien Claude, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: maningru, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.