Bara-Salpan / Large-Leaf Flemingia
Flemingia macrophylla
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Jharkhand & more
- Flowering
- August-March
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
- Arrangement
- Alternate
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
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bara-Salpan itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bara-salpan, Bhalia
- Nepali
- भतबासी Bhatabaasee, भटमासे Bhatamaase
- Malayalam
- Kamatteri, Korkattachedi, കാട്ടുമർമാണി
- Marathi
- दांडोळा Dandola, Damdalvo, Dowdowla
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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