Flemingia wightiana

Flemingia wightiana Wight & Arn. (syn: Flemingia congesta var. wightiana (Wight & Arn.) Baker (ambiguous synonym); Moghania wightiana (Wight & Arn.) Mukerjee); 

Bhutan (N); India (N); Andhra Pradesh; Karnataka; Orissa; Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka (N) as per ILDIS;

Shrubs; branchlets tawny pubescent, terete. Terminal leaflet to 10 x 4 cm, lateral to 8 x 3 cm, oblanceolate, acuminate, inequilateral, gland dotted beneath, ferrugenous tomentose, tri-nerved; petiole 6 cm long, petiolule 0.5 cm. Racemes axillary, to 6 cm long; flowers brownish; calyx tube 1 mm, lobes 8 and 6 mm, lanceolate, glandular pubescent; standard petal 8 x 5 mm; wings 8 mm, oblong; keel 8 mm long; staminal tube 6 mm, filaments 2 mm; ovary 2 mm, pubescent, style glabrous, stigma capitate. Pod 1 x 0.5 cm, turgid oblong, glandular, pubescent; seeds 2, nonseptate.
Flowering and fruiting: January-April
Moist deciduous forests
Peninsular India
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)


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ID Request-Fabaceae1-04022014-PKA7 :  Attachments (7). 5 posts by 4 authors.
Saw this climbing Shrub en-route Mullayangiri peak (Karnataka). 
Family: Fabaceae
Date/Time: 25-01-2014 / 11:00AM
Habitat: Wild  
The petiole is narrowly winged; inflorescence dense. Size of parts not evident. Is this a Flemingia sp.?
... doubt is correct. Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merr. Red glands on the Calyx is distinct.
Thanks ... This is new plant for me..
Thanks ... for sharing this plant.
Thank you very much ... and ... for the ID.
Especially for the key character of calyx with red glands helps me separate macrophylla and semialata (context: my post of Flemimgia from Pachmarhi).
This looks different from other images at Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merr.
I think it is Flemingia wightiana Grah. ex Wight & Arn. as per High resolution specimen at GBIF.

Saw this climbing Shrub en-route Mullayangiri peak (Karnataka). 
Family: Fabaceae
Bot. name: Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merr.
Date/Time: 25-01-2014 / 11:00AM
Habitat: Wild 
This looks different from other images at Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Merr.
I think it is Flemingia wightiana Grah. ex Wight & Arn. as per High resolution specimen at GBIF.


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