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Flemingia strobilifera (L.)W.T.Aiton

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Flemingia strobilifera (L.)W.T.Aiton
Flemingia strobilifera (L.)W.T.Aiton
Flemingia strobilifera (L.)W.T.Aiton
Flemingia strobilifera (L.)W.T.Aiton
Flemingia strobilifera (L.)W.T.Aiton
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymFlemingia bracteata (Roxb.)Wight
synonymFlemingia fruticulosa Benth.
synonymFlemingia strobilifera var. bracteata (Roxb.)Baker
synonymFlemingia strobilifera var. fruticulosa (Benth.)Baker
synonymHedysarum bracteatum Roxb.
synonymHedysarum strobiliferum L.
synonymMoghania bracteata (Roxb.)H.L.Li
synonymMoghania fruticulosa (Benth.)Mukerjee
synonymMoghania strobilifera (L.)J.St.-Hil.
synonymZornia strobilifera (L.)Pers.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Makhiloti
  • Makhioti
  • Makhiyoti
English
  • Wild Hops
Gujarati
  • Kasraut
Hindi
  • Clipti
  • कानफूटा Kanphuta
Kannada
  • Kumalu
Malayalam
  • Kanala
  • Kumalu
  • Kumbilteri
Marathi
  • Nundar
  • कानफुटी Kanphuti
Other
  • Kumalu
  • Luck Plant
  • Makhioti (Ass.)
  • Wild Hops
Telugu
  • నల్లబద్దు Nallabaddu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Shrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Shrubs, 2-4m.
      Sanjib Barua
      Attributions Sanjib Barua
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        Description
        Habit: Shrub
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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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.
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Fl.& Fr.: February – October
            Sanjib Barua
            Attributions Sanjib Barua
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              Flowering and fruiting: November-February
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Reproduction
                Seeds
                Sanjib Barua
                Attributions Sanjib Barua
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                  Morphology
                  Shrubs, 2-4m. Leaves 1-foliolate, 4-183-10cm, oblong, acute, base rounded, glabrescent above, silky pubescent beneath; petioles 5-10mm; stipules linear-lanceolate. Flowers 7-8mm,yellowish, in terminal and axillary racemes; bracts and bracteoles caducous. Calyx lobes subequal, velvety. Corolla glabrous, yellowish. Pods 7-13 6-8 mm, oblong, finely downy.
                  Sanjib Barua
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                    Ecology
                    Occaisionally found
                    Sanjib Barua
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                      Miscellaneous Details
                      Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests
                      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                        📚 Habitat and Distribution
                        General Habitat
                        Grasslands, sal forest
                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                          Deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            Description
                            Global Distribution

                            INDIA: Throughout ; SRI LANKA, PHILIPPINES, WEST

                            Sanjib Barua
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                              Global Distribution

                              India: Assam, Odisha, Meghalaya

                              Indian Distribution

                              Eastern Assam

                              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                                Global Distribution

                                Indo-Malesia

                                Indian distribution

                                State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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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
                                  G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                                  Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                                    No Data
                                    📚 Occurrence
                                    No Data
                                    📚 Demography and Conservation
                                    Risk Statement
                                    Common
                                    Sanjib Barua
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                                      Threats
                                      Threats recoded
                                      Sanjib Barua
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                                        Protection Legal Status
                                        It is found growing wild in the tropical forest
                                        Sanjib Barua
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                                          📚 Uses and Management
                                          Uses

                                          System of Medicines Used In

                                          Folk medicine
                                          Folk medicine
                                          System Of Medicines Used In

                                          Folk medicine

                                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2446
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                                            📚 Information Listing
                                            References
                                            1. Flemingia strobilifera (L.) R. Br. ex Ait.f. var. bracteata (Roxb.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2:227.1876.
                                            2. 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.
                                            3. 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.
                                            4. Hedysarum bracteatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 351. 1832.
                                            5. Hedysarum strobiliferum L., Sp. Pl. 746. 1753.
                                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2446
                                            1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984
                                            Information Listing > References
                                            1. Flemingia strobilifera (L.) R. Br. ex Ait.f. var. bracteata (Roxb.) Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2:227.1876.
                                            2. 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.
                                            3. 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.
                                            4. Hedysarum bracteatum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 351. 1832.
                                            5. Hedysarum strobiliferum L., Sp. Pl. 746. 1753.
                                            6. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2446
                                            7. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984

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                                            📚 Meta data
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                                            🐾 Taxonomy
                                            RootRoot
                                            KingdomPlantae
                                            PhylumTracheophyta
                                            ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                            OrderFabales
                                            FamilyFabaceae
                                            GenusFlemingia
                                            SpeciesFlemingia strobilifera (L.) W.T.Aiton
                                            📊 Temporal Distribution
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