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Family: Papilionaceae	Genus: Flemingia	Species: Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.) Prain ex Merrill ( बड़ा सोलपन )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Crotalaria macrophylla Willd., F. congesta Roxb. ex Aiton f., Moghania macrophylla (Willd.) Kuntze, Flemingia semialata Roxb.	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name		Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Winged-Stalk Flemingia	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Bara solpan	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Pod
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Pods oblong, 6-10 mm long, pubescent; 2-seeded.
Habitat	Common; grassy slopes, edges of crop fields.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Submontane Himalaya and adjacent plains, S. India; Indomalaysia	Bark Details
Distribution in Haryana	Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Trifoliate
Description of Species	Erect or diffused Shrub, to 1 m high; branches slender or triangular-sulcate, silky pubescent when young. Leaves 3-foliate; rachis 10-20 cm long; leaflets elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 10-18 x 4-5.5 cm, acute or subacute, lateral ones often oblique at base, silky hairy on nerves beneath; stipules cuspidate, acute, to 2 cm long. Flowers purple, in dense axillary or terminal racemes; bracts lanceolate, silky outside, caducous. Calyx densely silky . Keel obtuse. Pods oblong, 6-10 mm long, pubescent; 2-seeded.	Leaf Details	Leaves 3-foliate; rachis 10-20 cm long; leaflets elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 10-18 x 4-5.5 cm, acute or subacute, lateral ones often oblique at base, silky hairy on nerves beneath; stipules cuspidate, acute, to 2 cm long.

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