As recorded for Bara-Salpan
Flemingia macrophylla
Bara-Salpan / Large-Leaf Flemingia കാട്ടുമർമാണി
Malayalam name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Jharkhand & more
- Flowering
- August-March
Bara-Salpan in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | Not recorded | Bara-salpan, Bhalia |
| Nepali | भतबासी · भटमासे | Bhatabaasee, Bhatamaase |
| Malayalam | കാട്ടുമർമാണി | Kamatteri, Korkattachedi |
| Marathi | दांडोळा | Dandola, Damdalvo, Dowdowla |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- Bara-salpan, Bhalia
- Nepali
- भतबासी Bhatabaasee, भटमासे Bhatamaase
- Malayalam
- Kamatteri, Korkattachedi, കാട്ടുമർമാണി
- Marathi
- दांडोळा Dandola, Damdalvo, Dowdowla
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., Assam, India, West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Queensland.
- Recorded habitat
- Mixed deciduous forests, also in the plains
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- Uttarakhand →Karnataka →Jharkhand →
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How to identify Bara-Salpan
Identify Bara-Salpan by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Jharkhand, West Bengal and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Flemingia macrophylla
- Genus
- Flemingia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Mixed deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- TrifoliaterecordedA compound leaf made of exactly three leaflets.“The leaves are trifoliate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“leaflets are papery, with a glabrous upper surface.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bara-Salpan itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- SpikerecordedFlowers arranged directly on a central stem without individual stalks.“Inflorescences are densely spicate-racemose or paniculate, and bracts are foliaceous or dry, persistent or deciduous.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bara-Salpan itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Bara-Salpan
A member of the Fabaceae family, Large-Leaf Flemingia (Flemingia macrophylla) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Jharkhand and 11 other states. It grows in mixed deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Bara-Salpan belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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