Biology:Flemingia strobilifera

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Short description: Species of legume

Flemingia strobilifera
Luck plant .Flemingia strobilifera.jpg
Green bracts of inflorescence
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Flemingia
Species:
F. strobilifera
Binomial name
Flemingia strobilifera
(L.) W.T.Aiton[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Flemingia bracteata (Roxb.) Wight
  • Flemingia fruticulosa Benth.
  • Flemingia strobilifera var. bracteata (Roxb.) Baker
  • Flemingia strobilifera var. fruticulosa (Benth.) Baker
  • Hedysarum bracteatum Roxb.
  • Hedysarum strobiliferum L.
  • Moghania bracteata (Roxb.) H.L.Li
  • Moghania fruticulosa (Benth.) Mukerjee
  • Moghania strobilifera (L.) J.St.-Hil.
  • Moghania strobilifera (L.) Kuntze
  • Moghania strobilifera (L.) Jacks.
  • Zornia strobilifera (L.) Pers.

Flemingia strobilifera, commonly known as the luck plant or wild hops, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, and subfamily Faboideae. It is native to South, East and Southeast Asia.

Range

It is common in China , Taiwan, Bhutan, India , Nepal, Pakistan , Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar; Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Philippines .[1]

Description

The erect, perennial shrub grows 1.5 m to 2 m tall.[3] The leaves are ovate to oblong with pinnate venation and wavy margins. It flowers from October to December.[4] Each small, white pea-shaped flower is enclosed by a pair of reniform flower bracts. The alternating bracts are arranged in 2 files along the raceme, and eventually turn papery as they dry out. The small, cylindrical pods release their tiny black and red seeds by explosive dehiscence.[3]

Uses

In many parts of the Indian subcontinent it is used as a traditional medicine to treat epilepsy, hysteria and fever.[3][4] It is an essential part of the Bihu (গৰু বিহু) festival, during which the cattle are washed and gently beaten with twigs of this plant.[5] It is known as makhiyoti (মাখিয়তী) in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.

Ecology

The species is invasive in New Caledonia. [6] In Panama it is a problematic alien plant species[7]

Gallery

  • Habit in Panchkhal valley, Nepal

  • Green inflorescences

  • Papilionaceous flowers emerging from bracts

  • The persistent, papery bracts on inflorescence

  • Dry bracts, dehiscent brown pod and seed

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Flemingia strobilifera | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 23 January 2018 }}
  2. ↑ "Flemingia strobilifera (L.) W.T.Aiton — the Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-41472. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Flemingia strobilifera". Singapore Government. https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/Special-Pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=2019. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Wild Hops". http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Hops.html. 
  5. ↑ [1] Flemingia strobilifera (L.) R. Br.
  6. ↑ Hequet, Vanessa (2009) (in fr). Les espèces exotiques envahissantes de Nouvelle-Calédonie. pp. 17. http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers12-08/010052239.pdf. 
  7. ↑ Lopez, Omar. (2012). Introduced Alien Plant Species in the Neotropics: the Panama Case. The Open Ecology Journal. 5. 84. 10.2174/1874213001205010084.

Wikidata ☰ Q5458608 entry



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