• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Flemingia stricta Roxb.
• Vernacular name : Guidda (Telugu)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Evergreen, semi-evergreen, and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional as an undergrowth of mixed deciduous forests, along stream banks and in damp localities of forests
• Flower, Fruit : February-August
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 25/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0504
• Collection Locality : Mahanadi forest, Nyagarh district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Angul district, Puri district, Sambalpur district, Dhenkanal district, Cuttack district, Nayagarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
• World Distribution : India, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Bangladesh
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Flemingia stricta. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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