Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze. ex Merr.
Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze. ex Merr.
Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze. ex Merr.
Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze. ex Merr.
Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
Synonym | : | Flemingia prostrata Roxb.;
Crotalaria macrophylla Willd.;
Flemingia macrophylla var. nana Sasaki.;
Flemingia angustifolia Roxb.;
Flemingia bhottea Buch.-Ham.;
Flemingia capitata Buch.-Ham.;
Flemingia congesta Roxb. ex W. T. Aiton.;
Flemingia latifolia Benth.;
Flemingia nana Roxb.;
Flemingia prostrata Roxb.;
Flemingia semialata W.T.Aiton.;
Moghania cumingiana (Benth.) Kuntze.;
Moghania macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze.;
Moghania semialata (W.T.Aiton) Mukerjee.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Large-Leaf Flemingia • Nepali: Bhatabaasee, Bhatamaase |
Plant Family | : | Fabaceae / Leguminosae |
Description | : | Erect shrubs; branchlets trigonous, adpressed tomentose. Leaflets subequal, 5-14 x 2-5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to acuminate, tomentose along the nerves on both surfaces or glabrescent above, basally 3-nerved; petiole to 7 cm long, narrowly winged. Racemes axillary, clustered or single, 2.5-5.5 cm long, villous. Flowers 7-10 mm long; pedicels c. 2 mm long; bracts 4-7 mm long, lanceolate. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, the lower longest, much exceeding the tube, pubescent. Petals reddish; standard 7-8 mm long, oblong-obovate; wings and keels long-clawed. Pods 0.8-1.2 x 0.4-0.6 cm, oblong, turgid, covered with powdery red coating. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Nearby areas of Raipur village |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves are febrifuge and are used for treating postpartum fever and to treat paralysis and pain in the joints. A decoction of the leaves is used to bathe sores and swellings. The entire plant is given to relieve stomach-ache. A decoction of the root is drunk as a treatment for spermatorrhoea |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Genistein; flemichin D; lespedezaflavanone A; ouratea-catechin; fleminone; flemiphyllin; fleminginin; flemingichromone; flemingichalcone; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Genistein; Catechin; |
Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Flemingia+macrophylla
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Large_Leaf%20Flemingia.html
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/24227
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/225779 |
Reference | : | ~ Dhole PA and Bhogaonkar PY; "Additions to the Fabaceae of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), Maharashtra, India"; Int. J. of Life Sciences (2015); 3(3): 260-262 PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Rosidae |
Order | : Fabales |
Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
Genus | : Flemingia Roxb. ex W.T. Aiton - flemingia |
Species | : Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) O. Ktze. ex Merr. |