Fabaceae FAMILY

Flemingia macrophylla

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Flemingia macrophylla is a shrub producing a cluster of prostrate to erect stems from a deep taproot; it can grow 1 - 4 metres tall[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. This species is one of the secondary sources of a very popular Arab dye called 'waras', 'wars' or 'warus. Waras is a coarse purple or brilliant orange-brown powder. The plant is sometimes cultivated for green manure, to provide shade for plantations and to stabilize the soil.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatAlong watercourses in secondary forest, as well as under drier conditions such as in fields infested with Imperata cylindrica[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].