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Flemingia strobilifera
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Flemingia strobilifera (L.) R. Br. ex Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 4: 350. 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 227. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 377(266). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 144. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 83. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 131. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 178. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 151. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 94. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 143. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 97. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 213. 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; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 293. 2009.
Hedysarum strobiliferum L., Sp. Pl. 746. 1753.
Hedysarum bracteatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 351. 1832.
Flemingia bracteata (Roxb.) Wight, Ic. t. 268. 1840; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 378(266). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 143. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 161. 1990; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 51. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 105. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 179. 2005.
Flemingia strobilifera (L.) R. Br. ex Ait.f. var. bracteata (Roxb.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2:227.1876.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kanala, Kumalu, Kumbilteri
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Wild Hops
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Description:
Erect shrubs, upto 1 m tall; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 1-foliolate, 6-15 x 2.5-7 cm, ovate, elliptic to broadly lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base broadly cuneate or rounded, glabrous above, pubescent or hairy on the nerves beneath; lateral nerves 5 or 6 pairs; petiole 1-1.5 cm long, tomentose; stipules to 1 cm long, linear-lanceolate, scarious. Racemes axillary and terminal, simple or branched, flexuous, tomentose; bracts to 2 x 2.5 cm, ovate-cordate, folded, membranous, each enclosing short few-flowered cymes. Flowers 1 cm long; pedicels c. 2 mm long. Calyx-tube c. 2 mm long; lobes 6-7 mm long, lanceolate. Petals white; standard 6-7 mm long, oblong-obovate; wings oblanceolate; keels obliquely oblong. Pods enclosed by the bracts. 6-10 x 4-0.6 cm, oblong, pubescent.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
White
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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:
Peechi, Vazhachal, Mangaladevi, Kumarikulam, Thunakkadavu, Chandanathode, on way to Valiyaparathode, Chembotti, Kakki hills, Maniyaar, Brahmagiri, Begur, Thazhakkara, Kanjirakadavu, Ettapadappu
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