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Three leaflets
As recorded for Flemingia wightiana
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Flemingia wightiana

Flemingia wightiana

Habit
Shrub
Found in India
Tamil Nadu
Flowering
January-April

Ecology & growing context

Native status · Kew WCVP
WCVP native range includes India Kew dataset ↗

Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China.

Recorded habitat
Moist deciduous forests
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How to identify Flemingia wightiana

Identify Flemingia wightiana 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 (three leaflets).
  • Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
  • Confirm flower colour: Purple.
  • In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-April.
  • In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
  • Confirm it sits within the Fabaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Flemingia wightiana.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Flemingia wightiana
Genus
Flemingia
Family
Fabaceae
Habit
Shrub
Habitat
Moist deciduous forests
Habitat type
Forest
Distribution
India
Found in India
Tamil Nadu
Flowering & fruiting
January-April
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 Flemingia wightiana 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 Flemingia wightiana itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.

About Flemingia wightiana

Flemingia wightiana belongs to the Fabaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to April.

Illustration representing the Fabaceae family
Botanical family

Fabaceae

Legume/Bean family

Flemingia wightiana belongs to the Fabaceae family.

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