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8. Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze ex Merr.wfo-0000194840

Philipp. J. Sci., C 5(2): 130. 1910; Craib, Fl. Siam. 1(3): 471. 1928; R.Sha & M.G.Gilbert in C.Y.Wu et al., Fl. China 10: 235. 2010; Do & Gao, Phytotaxa 429(1): 34. 2020; Gavade et al., Webbia 75(2): 160. 2020; Mattapha et al., Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 49(1): 86. 2021.— Crotalaria macrophylla Willd., Sp. Pl. 3(2): 982. 1802.— Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66(2): 440. 1897; Thuân in Aubrév. & J.-F.Leroy, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 17: 152. 1979; R.Sha & M.G.Gilbert in C.Y.Wu et al., Fl. China 10: 235. 2010.— Maughania [Moghania] macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 199. 1891; H.L.Li, Amer. J. Bot. 31(4). 226. 1944; Mukerjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 6(1): 16. 1952.— Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze ex Prain, Philipp. J. Sci., C 5(2): 130. 1910.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub 1–2 m tall; young twigs densely hairy. Leaves 3-digitate; petioles 3.5–5 cm long, grooved, hairy; stipules lanceolate to ovate, 1.2–1.5 cm long, villous, caducous. Leaflets: petiolues 3–4 mm long; blade chartaceous, elliptic, lanceolate, 9–12(–15) by 3–5 cm, apex acuminate or caudate, base rounded, cuneate or oblique, margin entire, upper surface hairy along veins, lower surface hairy and glandular; lateral veins 6–8 pairs. Racemes axillary, 5–10 cm long, sparsely hairy, 40–60 flowers or more per inflrescence. Flowers pink; bracts lanceolate, 4–6 by 2.5–3.5 mm, apex acute, margin hairy, outside hairy, inside glabrous, lower most of bracts early caducous, not forming an involucre, 1–2 times longer than wide or as long as wide; pedicels 2–3 mm long, hairy. Calyx: tube 2–2.5 mm long; lobes lanceolate, 2–4(–6) by 0.5 mm, outside densely hairy and glandular, inside glabrous. Corolla: standard ovate, 5–7 by 3.5–4 mm, apex obtuse, base auriculate, margin entire, both sides glabrous, claw ca 2 mm long; wings oblong, 3.5–4 by 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse, base oblique, margin entire, both sides glabrous, claw 3–3.5 mm; keel falcate, 5–5.5 by 1.5–2 mm, apex rounded, base oblique, margin entire, glabrous on both sides, claw 2.5–3 mm long. Stamens: tube 5–6 mm long; filaments 1.5–2 mm long. Ovary hairy on upper suture; style 5–7 mm long. Pods elliptic to oblong, (1–)2, 1.5–2 by 6–8 mm. Seeds globose, ca 2 mm in diameter.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son (Sop Moei), Chiang Mai (Fang, Mae Rim), Chiang Rai (Doi Tung), Nan (Tha Wang Pha), Tak (Umphang); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Kradueng), Sakon Nakhon (Phu Phan NP), Nakhon Phanom; EASTERN: Chaiyaphum (Phu Khiao WS), Nakhon Ratchasima (Pak Chong – type of Flemingia latifolia var. siamensis: Marcan 1591, lectotype -ABD, designated here, isolectotypes -BM K); SOUTH-WESTERN: Uthai Thani (Huai Kha Kaeng Game Reserve), Kanchanaburi (Sai Yok, Sangkhla, Thong Pha Phum); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri (Ban Bueng), Chanthaburi (Khao Phrabat), Trat (Bo Rai, Khao Saming – type of Flemingia brevipes: Kerr 9406, lectotype -ABD, designated here, isolectotypes -BM E K); PENINSULAR: Ranong (Khlong Nakha Forest Reserve, Kra Buri), Surat Thani (Nasan, Tha Chang), Nakhon Si Thammarat (Karom Waterfall), Trang (Khao Chong, Khao Pina, Thung Khai, Yan Ta Khao), Songkhla (Bang Klam, Hat Yai), Narathiwat (Tak Bai, Waeng).

Distribution : India (type), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Ecology : Disturbed areas or sandy soil along rivers, in bamboo, mixed deciduous and evergreen forests. Occasionally, growing in deciduous dipterocarp-oak forest and edges of evergreen forest; 0–1,525 m alt. Flowering and fruiting: December–March.

Vernacular : Ma hae nok (มะแฮนก); ka sam pik (กาสามปีก)(Eastern); khamin pa (ขมิ้นป่า)(Southeastern); khamin nang (ขมิ้นนาง), lae ngae (แลแง), li ngan (หลีงัน)(Songkhla); nut pra (นูดพระ), ra ngap chang (ระงับช้าง)(Peninsular).