Fabaceae
Flemingia

Flemingia grahamiana Wight & Arn.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 242 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to Arabian Peninsula, S. India, S. China (Yunnan) to Indo-China. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Leguminosae, B. Mackinder, R. Pasquet, R. Polhill and B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:5. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Herb or scarcely woody subshrub, erect or occasionally subscandent, 0.3–2(3) m tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems at first silky greyish or fulvous hairy, later glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3, usually paler beneath, pubescent to densely velvety, sparsely to densely covered with small dark red glands; terminal leaflet 2.7–16.5 × 1.3–8 cm, elliptic to obovate, obtuse to acuminate at the apex, cuneate or obtuse at the base; lateral leaflets 2–15 × 1–6.5 cm, obliquely ovate or elliptic, obtuse to acuminate at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base; petiole 1.5–7 cm long, widened or almost winged; petiolules 3 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes fasciculate, dense, fulvous hairy; rhachis 1–2(5) cm long; bracts imbricate, 4 × 2 mm, ovate-elliptic, multinerved; pedicels c. 2 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube 1.5 mm long; lobes 3–6 mm long, linear.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla greenish, yellowish-white or pink, sometimes with faint purple veining; standard 7–8 mm long, oblong.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 9–12 × 6 mm, yellowish pubescent and also covered with dense but irregular dark red globules of a secretion which leaves an orange-red stain on touching.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black, c. 1.5 mm in diameter, ± round.
[FZ]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Sudanian wooded grassland, Zambezian woodland, Zambezian grassland, Zambezian wooded grassland, Sudanian woodland, Sudanian grasslands
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing/Not climbing, Herb/Shrub
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Herb or scarcely woody subshrub, erect or occasionally subscandent, 0·3–1·8 m. tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems at first silky greyish or fulvous hairy, later glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaflets 3, usually paler beneath, pubescent to densely velvety, sparsely to densely covered with small dark red glands; terminal leaflet elliptic to obovate, 2·7–15 cm. long, 1·3–7·5 cm. wide, obtuse to acuminate at the apex, cuneate or obtuse at the base; lateral leaflets obliquely ovate or elliptic, 2–15 cm. long, 1–6·5 cm. wide, obtuse to acuminate at the apex, rounded to cuneate at the base; petiole 1·5–7 cm. long, widened or almost winged; petiolules 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes fasciculate, dense, fulvous hairy; rhachis 1–2(–5) cm. long; bracts imbricate, ovate-elliptic, 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, multinerved; pedicels ± 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx-tube 1·5 mm. long; lobes linear, 3–6 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla greenish, yellowish-white or pink, sometimes with faint purple veining; standard oblong, 7–8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 9–12 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, yellowish pubescent and also covered with dense but irregular dark red globules of a secretion which leaves an orange-red stain on touching.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black, more or less round, ± 1·5 mm. in diameter.
Figures
Fig. 115.
Habitat
Grassland, grassland with scattered trees, Brachystegia woodland, sometimes near swamps and streams; 1170–2100 m.
Distribution
K3 K4 T2 T4 T5 T7 T8 U2 U3 U4 widespread in tropical Africa from Ethiopia to Cameroun, Ghana, south to South Africa (Natal and Transvaal), also extending to S. India
[FTEA]

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