Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Maughania macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze
Vernacular name: Kamatteri, Korkattachedi
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous
forests, also in the plains
Distribution: Paleotropics
Flowering and Fruiting: November-January
Key identification features: Erect shrubs; branchlets
trigonous, adpressed tomentose. Racemes axillary, clustered or single, Flowers
reddish; Pods oblong, turgid, covered with powdery red coating.
Uses: Flemingia macrophylla is primarily
grown as a forage crop for livestock
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