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Flemingia stricta
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Flemingia stricta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 342. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 228. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 378(266). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 178. 1992; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 211. 2002.
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Description:
Erect subshrubs, 1.5-2 cm high. Young stem 3-angled. Stem, young leaves, peduncles densely golden-pubescent. Leaflets 20-25 x 10-12 cm, oblong, lanceolate, long acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, 3-ribbed, glabrous above, pubescent on nerves below, scattered red-glandular on lower surface; lateral leaflets oblique; petioles 10-15 cm long. Stipules 1-1.5 cm long, lanceolate. Flowers in axillary clustered racemes. Fruits oblong, 0.8-1 cm long, 0.4-0.5 cm wide, 2-seeded, slightly puberulous without. Seeds minute, subglobose, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South Asia and China
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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):
Pink, Yellow, Violet
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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:
800-100
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Localities:
Koviltherimala
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