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Flemingia grahamiana
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Flemingia grahamiana Wight & Arn., Prodr. 242. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 228. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 378(267). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 144. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 175. 1992; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 51. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 105. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 95. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 291. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs, stem scabrous. Leaflets 10 x 5 cm, obovate, obtusely acute, grey-tomentose beneath; nerves to 8 pairs, very prominent beneath, impressed above, reticulate; petiole 5-6 cm long, triquetrous. Racemes 3-5 cm long, 1-3 together, densely yellowish brown hairy; bracts 3 x 2 mm, ovate. Flowers densely arranged, shortly pedicelled; calyx 8 mm long, densely red-glandular, lobes lanceolate; standard 9 x 6 mm, obovate, acute; wings 8 x 1.5 mm, linear-oblong; ovary densely hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Tropical Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kalvarimala, Peruvaripallam, Pandaravarai, Pottikkal forest, Brahmagiri, Lock-hert gap
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