Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
Flemingia macrophylla Sensu Walker
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Shrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Erect shrubs; branchlets trigonous, adpressed tomentose. Leaflets subequal, 5-14 x 2-5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to acuminate, tomentose along the nerves on both surfaces or glabrescent above, basally 3-nerved; petiole to 7 cm long, narrowly winged. Racemes axillary, clustered or single, 2.5-5.5 cm long, villous. Flowers 7-10 mm long; pedicels c. 2 mm long; bracts 4-7 mm long, lanceolate. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, the lower longest, much exceeding the tube, pubescent. Petals reddish; standard 7-8 mm long, oblong-obovate; wings and keels long-clawed. Pods 0.8-1.2 x 0.4-0.6 cm, oblong, turgid, covered with powdery red coating.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Description
Global Distribution
Paleotropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Maharashtra: Pune, Ratnagiri, Satara, Thane
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Dharmapuri, Nilgiri, Salem
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Crotalaria macrophylla Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 982. 1802.
- Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Prain ex Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 5: 130. 1910; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 91. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 82. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 176. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 150. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 94. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 213. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 106. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 95. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 211. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 179. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 292. 2009.
- Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex Ait.f. var. semialata (Roxb.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 229. 1876, p.p.
- Moghania macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 199. 1891.
- Flemingia semialata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 340. 1832; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 378(267). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 150. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 82. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 161. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 178. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 151. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 143. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 96. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 106. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 95. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 181. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 225. 2009.
- Moghania prostrata (Roxb.) Mukerjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 6: 19. 1953.
- Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 4: 349. 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 228. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 378(267). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 144. 1988.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
Information Listing > References
- Crotalaria macrophylla Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 982. 1802.
- Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Prain ex Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 5: 130. 1910; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 91. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 82. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 176. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 150. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 94. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 213. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 106. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 95. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 211. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 179. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 292. 2009.
- Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex Ait.f. var. semialata (Roxb.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 229. 1876, p.p.
- Moghania macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 199. 1891.
- Flemingia semialata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 340. 1832; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 378(267). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 150. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 82. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 161. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 178. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 151. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 143. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 96. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 106. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 95. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 181. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 225. 2009.
- Moghania prostrata (Roxb.) Mukerjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 6: 19. 1953.
- Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 4: 349. 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 228. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 378(267). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 144. 1988.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Flemingia |
Species | Flemingia prostrata Roxb. |
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