Flemingia grahamiana Wight & Arn.

 
  • 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 IPNI) : Flemingia grahamiana Wight & Arn.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Red sticky glands which give a dye
  • Flower, Fruit : November-December
  • Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao
  • Collection Date : 02/01/1971
  • Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 1258
  • Collection Locality : B. R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Madurai district, Salem district
  • World Distribution : India, Tropical Africa
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Flemingia grahamiana. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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