# Flemingia

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***Flemingia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of plants in the family [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae). It is native sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, tropical Asia, and Australasia.[1] In Asia the [species](/source/Species) are distributed in Bhutan, Burma, China, India; Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.[2][3] The genus was erected in 1812.

## Description

Members of *Flemingia* are [shrubs](/source/Shrubs), or herbs (or subshrubs); [evergreen](/source/Evergreen), or [deciduous](/source/Deciduous) and perennial. They are generally about 0.2–1.5 m high. The [stem](/source/Plant_stem) is prostrate but weak. Leaves are small to medium-sized; not fasciculate, but alternate. The stem and leaves are [pubescent](/source/Pubescent_(botany)), with dense hairs. Leaf blades are flat [dorsoventrally](/source/Dorsoventral). Flowers are aggregated in ‘[inflorescences](/source/Inflorescences)’; not crowded at the stem bases; in [racemes](/source/Racemes), or in heads, or in [panicles](/source/Panicles). Fruits are aerial, about 6–15 mm long; non-fleshy and hairy.[4][5][6]

## Diversity

The number of known species is ambiguous due to [taxonomic](/source/Taxonomy_(biology)) problems; and is usually enumerated as more than 30. Burma and China have the highest record of *Flemingia* species with 16 each, followed by India (with 15 species), Thailand (11 species), Laos (10 species), Vietnam (8 species), Bhutan (1 species) and Nepal (5 species).[7] *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)* accepts 46 species.[1]

## Uses

Root tubers of *Flamingia* species have traditionally been used as food for [Aborigines](/source/Aboriginal_Australians) of the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory).[8]

### Traditional use

Some species of *Flemingia*[which?] are used in the [herbal medicine traditions](/source/Traditional_medicine) of various [Asian](/source/Asian_people) communities. This is attributed[by whom?] to their unique chemical properties,[medical citation needed] especially those of [flavonoids](/source/Flavonoids) and [sterols](/source/Sterols). Their most common applications in traditional medicine are for [epilepsy](/source/Epilepsy), [dysentery](/source/Dysentery), [stomach ache](/source/Stomach_ache), [insomnia](/source/Insomnia), [cataract](/source/Cataract), [helminthiasis](/source/Helminthiasis), [rheumatism](/source/Rheumatism), [ulcer](/source/Ulcer), and [tuberculosis](/source/Tuberculosis).[citation needed]

## Species

46 species are accepted.[1]

- *[Flemingia angusta](/source/Flemingia_angusta)* Craib
- *[Flemingia angustifolia](/source/Flemingia_angustifolia)* Roxb.
- *[Flemingia bhutanica](/source/Flemingia_bhutanica)* Grierson
- *[Flemingia bracteata](/source/Flemingia_bracteata)* (Roxb.) Wight
- *[Flemingia chappar](/source/Flemingia_chappar)* Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
- *[Flemingia cumingiana](/source/Flemingia_cumingiana)* Benth.
- *[Flemingia faginea](/source/Flemingia_faginea)* (Guill. & Perr.) Baker
- *[Flemingia fluminalis](/source/Flemingia_fluminalis)* C.B.Clarke ex Prain
- *[Flemingia fruticulosa](/source/Flemingia_fruticulosa)* Wall. ex Benth.
- *[Flemingia gracilis](/source/Flemingia_gracilis)* (Mukerjee) Ali
- *[Flemingia grahamiana](/source/Flemingia_grahamiana)* Wight & Arn.
- *[Flemingia horsfieldii](/source/Flemingia_horsfieldii)* Blume ex Miq.
- *[Flemingia javanica](/source/Flemingia_javanica)* C.Y.Wu
- *[Flemingia kerrii](/source/Flemingia_kerrii)* Craib
- *[Flemingia kweichowensis](/source/Flemingia_kweichowensis)* Tang & F.T.Wang ex Y.T.Wei & S.K.Lee
- *[Flemingia lacei](/source/Flemingia_lacei)* Craib
- *[Flemingia langbiangensis](/source/Flemingia_langbiangensis)* T.V.Do, B.Xu & X.F.Gao
- *[Flemingia latifolia](/source/Flemingia_latifolia)* Benth.
- *[Flemingia lineata](/source/Flemingia_lineata)* (L.) Roxb. ex W.T.Aiton
- *[Flemingia macrophylla](/source/Flemingia_macrophylla)* (Willd.) Kuntze ex Merr.
- *[Flemingia mengpengensis](/source/Flemingia_mengpengensis)* Y.T.Wei & S.K.Lee
- *[Flemingia mukerjeeana](/source/Flemingia_mukerjeeana)* S.K.Gavade, Survesw., Maesen & Lekhak
- *[Flemingia nana](/source/Flemingia_nana)* Roxb. ex W.T.Aiton
- *[Flemingia nilgheriensis](/source/Flemingia_nilgheriensis)* (Benth. ex Baker f.) Wight ex T.Cooke
- *[Flemingia paniculata](/source/Flemingia_paniculata)* Wall. ex Benth.
- *[Flemingia parviflora](/source/Flemingia_parviflora)* Benth.
- *[Flemingia pauciflora](/source/Flemingia_pauciflora)* Benth.
- *[Flemingia praecox](/source/Flemingia_praecox)* C.B.Clarke ex Prain
- *[Flemingia procumbens](/source/Flemingia_procumbens)* Roxb.
- *[Flemingia prostrata](/source/Flemingia_prostrata)* Roxb.Junior ex Roxb.
- *[Flemingia rollae](/source/Flemingia_rollae)* (Billore & Hemadri) Anand Kumar
- *[Flemingia semialata](/source/Flemingia_semialata)* Roxb. ex W.T.Aiton
- *[Flemingia sirindhorniae](/source/Flemingia_sirindhorniae)* Mattapha, Chantar. & Suddee
- *[Flemingia sootepensis](/source/Flemingia_sootepensis)* Craib
- *[Flemingia stricta](/source/Flemingia_stricta)* Roxb.
- *[Flemingia strobilifera](/source/Flemingia_strobilifera)* (L.) W.T.Aiton
- *[Flemingia teysmanniana](/source/Flemingia_teysmanniana)* Miq.
- *[Flemingia tiliacea](/source/Flemingia_tiliacea)* Niyomdham
- *[Flemingia trifoliastrum](/source/Flemingia_trifoliastrum)* Domin
- *[Flemingia trifoliata](/source/Flemingia_trifoliata)* (Jungh.) C.Y.Wu
- *[Flemingia tuberosa](/source/Flemingia_tuberosa)* Dalzell
- *[Flemingia vestita](/source/Flemingia_vestita)* Benth. ex Baker f.
- *[Flemingia wallichii](/source/Flemingia_wallichii)* Wight & Arn.
- *[Flemingia weii](/source/Flemingia_weii)* T.V.Do & X.F.Gao
- *[Flemingia wightiana](/source/Flemingia_wightiana)* Graham ex Wight & Arn.
- *[Flemingia yunnanensis](/source/Flemingia_yunnanensis)* Franch.

## References

1. [*Flemingia* Roxb. ex W.T.Aiton](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331612-2). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

1. Lewis G, Schrire B, MacKinder B, Lock M (2005). [*Legumes of the World*](https://books.google.com/books?id=iC9FAQAAIAAJ). The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p. 529. ISBN 1900347806.

1. National Research Council (2002). *Tropical Legumes: Resources for the Future*. Books for Business/ The Minerva Group, Inc. pp. 37–38. ISBN 0894991922.

1. Watson L (2008). [*Scientific Description:*Flemingia*W.T. Aiton*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110329070202/http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/22430). The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from [the original](http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/22430) on 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2013-03-02.

1. Chaudhri AB (2005). [*Forests Plants of Eastern India*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RQ-tItJSi60C). Ashish. pp. 205–206. ISBN 8170245370.

1. Ren S, Gilbert MG (2010). ["*FLEMINGIA* Roxburgh ex W. T. Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 2, 4: 349. 1812, nom. cons., not Roxburgh ex Rottler (1803)"](http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF10/Flemingia.pdf). *Flora of China*. **10** (3): 232–237. [ISSN 1043-4534](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1043-4534)

1. Mishra S (2001). ["Revision of the genus *Flemingia* Roxb. ex. W.T. Aiton, nom.cons. (Leguminosae) in Nepal"](http://nepjol.info/index.php/BOTOR/article/view/557). *Botanica Orientalis*. **4** (1): 458.

1. NTFlora Northern Territory Flora online: [*Flora of the Darwin Region: Fabaceae.*](http://eflora.nt.gov.au/viewfile?file_id=1707) Retrieved 10 June 2018

## External links

- [Classification at Botanica Sistematica](http://angr.altervista.org/botanica/hypertext/0673.htm) [Archived](https://archive.today/20130414030835/http://angr.altervista.org/botanica/hypertext/0673.htm) 2013-04-14 at archive.today
- [Plant Profile at USDA Plant Database](https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FLEMI)
- [ITIS Report](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=500281)
- [Taxonomy at UniProt](https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/520842)
- [Classification at Encyclopedia of Life](http://eol.org/pages/28234/names)
- [NCBI Taxonomy Browser](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?lvl=0&id=520842)
- [Plantillustrations](http://plantgenera.org/taxa.php?id_taxon=6445&photo=1&lay_out=1)

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