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