Fabaceae
Flemingia

Flemingia strobilifera (L.) W.T.Aiton

First published in Hortus Kew. 4: 350 (1812)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to NW. Pacific. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

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]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Naturalizada en Colombia; Alt. 100 m.; Pacífico.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
Vernacular
Camarones, Chepti, Kanphuta, Kusrunt, Kussunt, Luck Plant, Napoleon, Napoleonia, Pithawan, Sainfoin du Bengale, Sudarsanpati, Verde-seco, Wild Hops
[ILDIS]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Pacific. Elevation range: 100–100 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia.
Habit
Shrub.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: savanna, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
WILD HOPS
Morphology General Habit
A weedy shrub up to 1.5 m tall or more, the young stems and petioles appressed- pubescent; leaflet 1, elliptic to ovate, mostly 5–15 cm long, 3–10 cm broad, acutish at the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences axillary and terminal, paniculate, consisting of 2–5 raceme-like branches, these densely beset with large, distichously arranged, inflated pale green bracts, each enclosing a small cyme of flowers; racemes 5–15 cm long; bracts cordate, 1–2.5 cm long, broader than long, pubescent, turning light brown with age
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ca. 5 mm long; corolla whitish, 5–6 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods ca. 1 cm long, concealed by the persistent bracts.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. Native of the East Indies, but long naturalised almost throughout the West Indies and common on many islands. It appears, however, to be rare in the Cayman Islands.
[Cayman]

Uses

Use
Environmental, Medicine
[ILDIS]

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0