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Flemingia wightiana
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Flemingia wightiana Graham ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 242. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 379(267). 1918; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 179. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 97. 1999.
Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex Ait. f. var. wightiana (Graham ex Wight & Arn.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 229. 1876.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumanjal
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets tawny pubescent, terete. Terminal leaflet to 10 x 4 cm, lateral to 8 x 3 cm, oblanceolate, acuminate, inequilateral, gland dotted beneath, ferrugenous tomentose, tri-nerved; petiole 6 cm long, petiolule 0.5 cm. Racemes axillary, to 6 cm long; flowers brownish; calyx tube 1 mm, lobes 8 and 6 mm, lanceolate, glandular pubescent; standard petal 8 x 5 mm; wings 8 mm, oblong; keel 8 mm long; staminal tube 6 mm, filaments 2 mm; ovary 2 mm, pubescent, style glabrous, stigma capitate. Pod 1 x 0.5 cm, turgid oblong, glandular, pubescent; seeds 2, nonseptate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Creamy, 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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ichampetty
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