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Three leaflets
As recorded for Bara Solpan
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Flemingia semialata

Bara Solpan / Winged-Stalk Flemingia भट्टे

Nepali name · See all regional names ↓

Habit
Undershrub
Found in India
Kerala, Meghalaya
Flowering
March-May
One plant. Many familiar names.

Bara Solpan 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.

Recorded regional names for Bara Solpan
LanguageRegional scriptRecorded Latin spelling
HindiNot recordedBara solpan, Ban chola
Nepaliभट्टेBhatte
See the original recorded names
Hindi
Bara solpan, Ban chola
Nepali
भट्टे Bhatte

Ecology & growing context

Native status · Kew WCVP
WCVP native range includes 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: Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China.

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How to identify Bara Solpan

Identify Bara Solpan by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.

  • Look for a undershrub habit.
  • Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate (three leaflets).
  • Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
  • Confirm flower colour: Purple.
  • In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-May.
  • In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Meghalaya.
  • Confirm it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bara Solpan.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Flemingia semialata
Genus
Flemingia
Family
Fabaceae
Distribution
India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan
Found in India
Kerala, Meghalaya
Flowering & fruiting
March-May
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Trifoliate (three leaflets) leaf type
Leaf type
Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
Pubescent (softly hairy) leaf surface
Leaf surface
Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded

Typical of the family

Alternate arrangement leaf character
Arrangement
Alternate
Entire margin leaf character
Margin
Entire
Pinnate venation leaf character
Venation
Pinnate

Characters marked “recorded” are for Bara Solpan itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour
PurplerecordedPurple or violet

Typical of the family

Raceme inflorescence
Inflorescence
Raceme
Fruit
Legume

Characters marked “recorded” are for Bara Solpan itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.

About Bara Solpan

Winged-Stalk Flemingia (Flemingia semialata) belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Meghalaya. Flowering and fruiting run from March to May.

Illustration representing the Fabaceae family
Botanical family

Fabaceae

Legume/Bean family

Bara Solpan belongs to the Fabaceae family.

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