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Flemingia fruticulosa Wall. ex Benth. in Miq. Pl. Jungh. 245. 1852. Parker, For. Fl. Punj. 3rd. ed. 165. 1956.
Flemingia strobilifera var. fruticulosa BakerMoghania fruticulosa (Wall. ex Benth.) Mukerjee
Trailing undershrub, young branches densely tomentose. Leaf unifoliolate, 2.5-10.0 cm long, elliptic, ovate or suborbicular, blunt, obtuse, rarely subacute, glabrescent above, pubescent on the nerves and gland dotted below; petiole 2.5-5.0 mm long; stipules 2.5-10 mm long. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, 7.5-15.0 cm long; flowers in clusters, hidden by distichously arranged bracts. Bracts up to 2.5 cm long, c. 3.2 cm broad, reniform, folded, broader than long, slightly emarginate, petiole short, stipules persistent. Calyx 6-6.5 mm long, brown silky, teeth exceeding the tube. Corolla white, slightly exceeding the calyx. Fruit 7.5-8.0 mm long, pubescent.
Fl. Per.: August-October.
Type: Nepal, Wallich 5754A, Ex Herb. Benthamianum (K).
Distribution: Pakistan; Kashmir; India; Nepal.
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