¿ Flemingia macrophylla ? at Pachmarhi :: 18 SEP 13 :: DV

[Dinesh Valke]

Pachmarhi ... about 3600 feet ft asl Date / Time: 18 SEP 13 at 13:29 PM ... Altitude: about 3670 ft asl

¿ Flemingia macrophylla ? ... (family: Fabaceae) Habit: sub-shrub, standing about 1m Habitat: mixed deciduous forest The flower about 10 - 12 mm across. I have a strong feeling this plant must be Flemingia macrophylla; please validate.

Regards. Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Nice shots Dinesh Ji. Yes it looks like Flemingia macrophylla 

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Dr Balkar Singh
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[Satish Phadke]

Wonderful find Dinesh ji.

Very good photographs.

Dr Satish Phadke

[Nidhan Singh]

To me the identification seems okay..very beautiful pictures Dinesh Ji..

Regards,

Dr. Nidhan Singh

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Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
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[Shrikant Ingalhalikar]

Pls confirm if leaves were 15- 25 cm long. Regards

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Balkar ji and Nidhan ji for the ID: Flemingia macrophylla 

Shrikant ji ... the  trifoliate leaf is about 12 - 15 cm ... please let me know your thoughts.

Many thanks Satish ji for the appreciation.

On going through Flowers of India, I found one plant quite similar to mine - Winged-Stalk Flemingia - Flemingia semialata

And then going through three floras - there seems to different treatments for Flemingia semialata 

Flora of China ... Flemingia macrophylla (Willdenow) Prain ... there is no mention of Flemingia semialata

Flora of Pakistan ... Flemingia semialata Roxb. ex Aiton 

Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal ... Flemingia semialata Roxb.  ... syn. of Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merr.

Regards.

Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

GRIn gives Flemingia semialata Roxb. as a valid name, while The Plant List gives it as a syn. of Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merr.

 

Embryology and Apomixis in Grasses By T. Pullaiah, G. N. V. Febulaus (200) treat them as separate.

 

Other links: Kisan Mela-cum-AgriExpo organised at KVK-II, Sitapur & Intensive kusmi lac production on Flemingia semialata

 

In view we may take them as different species.

 

Also see another thread from Nidhan ji: Flora of Chakrata- Flemingia semialata from Tiger fall route - Google ...

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Garg ji for resurfacing this thread.

Shrikant ji has sent me the key to check what agrees with my plant ...............

Dinesh, I want to know if you can see (and also show) these key features in your plant that lead to ID as F. semialata. ....

The key goes as

Leaves 3 foliolate

   Erect shrubs

      Flowers in axillary racemes

         Calyx with a distinct tube

            Racemes branched, longer than petiole, petioles winged ...F. semialata

            Racemes simple, shorter than petioles, petioles angled.....F. macrophylla

 Regards

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My plant, I find the petiole is winged, inflorescence is branched, clearly longer than the petiole - thus, F. semialata.

I believe Nidhan ji's post also has F. semialata. It shows winged petiole, branched raceme longer than petiole.

Regards.

Dinesh