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Species
Flemingia strobilifera (L.) Ait. & Ait. f.
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Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
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"Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Salem, Tirunelveli"
Distribution: Pakistan, Sind (Prain in J. As. Soc. Beng. 66:347-522. 1897); India; Ceylon; China, Yunnan; Burma; Malaya; Java; Thailand; introduced in Mauritius and Jamaica.
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Tropics to subtropics in Asia, America (Jamaica, Trinidad).
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Erect shrub, 1.2-3.0 m tall, young branches pubescent. Leaf 1-foliolate, petiole c. 6-25 mm long; leaflets 8.5-13.5 cm long, 4-5 cm broad, ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous to subglabrous above, silky pubescent below, gland-dotted, stipels 0, stipules 6-9 mm long, caducous. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, simple raceme or panicle, 7.5-15.0 cm long. Bracts large, membranous, 1.2-2.5 cm long, usually broader than long, cordate at the base; each bract folded and enclosing 2 or more small flowers. Calyx 6-6.5 mm long, pubescent, teeth longer than the tube. Corolla white. Vexillum 9-10 mm long, auricled. Fruit 9-10 mm long, 4.5-5.0 mm broad, oblong, densely pubescent, 2-seeded, completely concealed by bracts.
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Perennial, Shrubs, Herbs, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves simple, or appearing so, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets 1, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracts hairy, Bracteoles present, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx gland-dotted or with glandular spot, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals orange or yellow, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Banner petal auriculate, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel petals auriculate, spurred, or gibbous, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Keel petals fused on sides or at tip, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit inflated or turgid, Fruit beaked, Fruit hairy, Fruit 2-seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seed surface mottled or patchy, Seeds with appendage - aril, caruncle, funiculus, or strophiole.
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300-2300 m
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"Erect shrubs, upto 1 m tall; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 1-foliolate, 6-15 x 2.5-7 cm, ovate, elliptic to broadly lanceolate, base broadly cuneate or rounded, apex acute to acuminate, 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 c. 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."
Habit: Shrub
"Deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains"