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Crotalaria retusa in Bengaluru Karnataka India Crotalaria retusa ( devil-bean, rattle weed) - Fabaceae, considered as poisonous weed. However the roasted seeds are eaten in Vietnam. Also grown as green manure crop. Bangalore,  Crotalaria retusa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by various common names including devil-bean, rattleweed, shack shack, and wedge-leaf rattlepod. It is poisonous to livestock, and contaminates human food.  Higher classification :  Rattlepods  Order :  Fabales Rank :  Species Family :  Fabaceae Subfamily :  Faboideae Kingdom :  Plantae Roots are used against coughing up blood, leaves mixed with those of C.   quinquefolia L.   act internally as well as externally against fever, scabies, lung diseases and impetigo . Flowers and leaves are sweet, edible as a vegetable, their alkaloid content being very low.