Fabaceae FAMILY

Flemingia prostrata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Flemingia prostrata is an erect perennial plant with slightly-branched stems that become more or less woody; it can grow 30 - 90cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 497 Title The Botany of Bihar and Orissa Publication Author Haines H.H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Adlard & Son & West Newman Ltd. London Year 1922 ISBN Description A flora, it gives many plant uses. The book can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is cultivated on a large scale in southern China, where it is widely consumed by local inhabitants as an important nutraceutical for nutritious and therapeutic purposes, especially against rheumatism and associated inflammatory ailments[ 1466 Title Competitive Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitory Isoflavones from the Roots of Flemingia philippinensis Publication Bioorganic Chemistry 78 (2018) 249-257 Author Jeong Yoon Kim, Yan Wang et al Website https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.03.024 Publisher Year 2018 ISBN 0045-2068 Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), southern China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar

HabitatOpen fields, grasslands; at elevations up to 100 - 300 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. An undershrub in forests, often in rather dry forests[ 497 Title The Botany of Bihar and Orissa Publication Author Haines H.H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Adlard & Son & West Newman Ltd. London Year 1922 ISBN Description A flora, it gives many plant uses. The book can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Drier hills, especially of pine forest, in Myanmar.