Flemingia MACROPHYLLA (Willd.) O.Ktze. ex Merr.


Synonym : Crotalaria macrophylla Willd.
Flemingia angustifolia Roxb.
Moghania latifolia (Benth.) Mukerjee
Rhynchosia crotalarioides DC.
Bangla Name : Bara-salphan (B), Harsanga (Chakma), Khaskura (Chakma), Uskura (Chakma), ,Sai Kheu, Si Pa Desha (Marma).
English Name : -
Family : Fabaceae
Disease : Asthma and menstrual irregularities.
Description : A sparingly branched tall shrub with woody triquetrous branches. Leaves digitately 3-foliate, leaflets subcoriaceous, 15-30 cm long, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, gradually short apex. Racemes dense, 7-10 cm long, oblong-cylindrical, often fascicled. Pod 12-15 mm long.
Distribution : Evergreen forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet.
Chemical Constituents : Red pigments – flemingins A, B, C, D and homoflemingin have been isolated from seed pod. Four chromenoflavanone –flemichin A, B, C, D and three flavanones –flemiflavanones A, B, C have been isolated from roots. Vicenin-2, reynoutrin, rutin, myricitrin, ro
Uses : Root juice of this plant along with tuber of Staphania japonica is used to treat asthma, powder of the root is used as an ingredient in the treatment of menstrual irregularities
Habit : Shrub