Flemingia semialata, Bara solpan, Ban chola, Winged-Stalk Flemingia

Flemingia semialata Roxb.
Family: Fabaceae

Common name: Winged-Stalk Flemingia
Garo: achakkimi-chong
Hindi: Bara solpan, Ban chola
Nepali: भट्टे Bhatte
Oriya: Marotonoya

Description: Erect shrub, young branches densely hairy. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 2.5-7.5 cm long, narrowly winged; leaflets up to 15.0 cm long, c. 5 cm broad, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, minutely gland-dotted below, the lateral leaflets oblique, petiolule c. 5 mm long; stipules c. 12.5 mm long, amplexicaul. Inflorescence axillary or terminal often branched racemes, equal to or longer than petiole. Bracts ovate, caducous. Calyx 6-6.5 mm long, densely silky, teeth much longer than the tube. Corolla purple. 6-6.5 mm long. Fruit 12-13 mm long, pubescent, 2-seeded. 

12 Published articles of Flemingia semialata
1.    Maximization of profitability through lac production on Flemingia semialata - a bushy lac host Singh, A.K., et al., Vegetos, 2015. 28(2): p. 219-222.
2.    EFFECT OF INTERCROPS ON PLANT GROWTH, L.E.A.L.Y.I.F.S.R.S., B. P. and R.K. Singh, Agricultural Science Digest, 2014. 34(1): p. 52-55.
3.    INSECT-PEST COMPLEX OF FLEMINGIA SEMIALATA ROXB - A BUSHY HOST FOR LAC CULTIVATION Meena, S.C., et al., Bioscan, 2014. 9(4): p. 1375-1381.
4.    NEW RECORD OF COCCINELLA TRANSVERSALIS F. ON BUSHY LAC HOST, F.S.J., A. K. and J.P. Singh, Indian Journal of Entomology, 2014. 76(4): p. 359-360.
5.    Icerya aegyptiaca Douglas: A new pest of Flemingia semialata and as an alternate host of Aprostocetus purpureus (Cameron) in lac ecosystem Meena, S.C., et al., Indian Journal of Entomology, 2012. 74(4): p. 404-405.
6.    Effect of intercropping on plant growth, l.a.i.a.r.d.i.F.s.S., B. P., Y.D. Mishra, and R.K. Singh, Indian Journal of Forestry, 2011. 34(2): p. 161-164.
7.    Effect of intercropping of vegetable crops on growth of Flemingia semialata Roxb. and lac yield under irrigated condition Singh, B.P., Y.D. Mishra, and S.K. Yadav, Annals of Entomology, 2008. 26(1/2): p. 39-46.
8.    Total leaf area estimation of Flemingia semialata Roxb. by linear regression Yadav, S.K., Y.D. Mishra, and R.K. Singh, Agricultural Science Digest, 2007. 27(1): p. 44-46.
9.    Effect of seedling size and irrigation on plant survival in Flemingia semialata - An important bushy lac-host plant Ghosal, S., K.K. Sharma, and P. Kumar, Journal of Applied Zoological Researches, 2005. 16(2): p. 236-237.
10.    Leaf area estimation of Flemingia semialata Roxb. by linear regression Yadav, S.K., et al., Agricultural Science Digest, 2000. 20(4): p. 234-237.
11.    Lac cultivation trials on Moghania macrophylla (Wild.) O. Ktze (syn. Flemingia congesta Roxb. var. semialata Bak.) Krishnaswami, S., B.K. Purkayastha, and N.S. Chauhan, Indian Forester, 1962. 88(4): p. 305-13.
12.    Moghania macrophylla (Willd). O. Ktze. (Syn. Flemingia congesta Roxb. var. semialata Bak.) as a new lac host for growing the Kusmi strain of the lac insect
B.K. Purkayastha, and N.S. Chauhan, Current Sci, 1959. 28((10)): p. 419-420.