Herbarium JCB

Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Prain ex Merr.

Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Species : Flemingia macrophylla
Basionym : Crotalaria macrophylla Willd.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merr.
Vernacular name : Barasalpan (Hin.); Thutokur, Thulikur, Gariguri (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0586
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R., Navendu Page & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 23/03/16
Collection Locality : Karadiyur, Yercaud, Salem district, Tamil Nadu State
Habitat : Mixed Deciduous Forest
Habit : Shrub
Flower, Fruit : August-March
Comments : Occasional clumps, especially on cleared slopes up to 1500 m.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Galikonda Hills, Araku Valley (Visakhapatnam district), Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Bhutan South-East Asia, Malaysia, Australia, China; Cultivated in Africa
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Flemingia macrophylla. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.