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Flemingia wallichii
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Flemingia wallichii Wight & Arn., Prodr. 242.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:229.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 379(267). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 145. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 179. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 106. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 293. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs; branches ribbed, thinly pubescent. Leaflets to 8 x 4 cm, obovate, acute, coriaceous, hispid along nerves below; nerves 5 pairs, nervules prominent; petiole 3-4 cm long, slightly winged. Racemes 3-6 cm long, axillary, hispid; bracts 8 x 2 mm, lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers densely packed, shortly pedicelled; calyx 8 mm long, lobes densely hairy, yellow-glandular; petals light pink, standard 8 mm long, obovate, emarginate; wings 7 x 1 mm, oblong, transversely verrucose; keel 10 mm long; ovary hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Myanmar
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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, Pink
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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:
Vellimala, Chandanathode
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