Flemingia grahamiana
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| Flemingia grahamiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Flemingia |
| Species: | F. grahamiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Flemingia grahamiana Wight & Arn. | |
Flemingia grahamiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Extracts of the plant are used in the dyeing of silk and cotton in parts of India, Africa, and the Middle East.
An erect herb or subshrub, Flemingia grahamiana can grow up to 1.8 m tall[1] but commonly shorter,[2] it is much branched, deeply rooted and sometimes tuberous.[1][2] Leaves appear digitately trifoliate with stipules and petioles present; leaflets are elliptic to lanceolate in outline, up to 13 cm long and 7 cm wide.[2] Inflorescence is an axillary raceme, corolla is yellowish white to pink in color, calyx is tubular and up to 1.5 cm long.[1] Fruit is an inflated oblong pod, 2 seeded and covered with a red or orange viscous exude.[1]