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Flemingia strobilifera
Also called Wild Hops, Wild Hops, Luck Plant
In Singapore: Bracteate Flemingia, Serengan (Grown in Singapore)
Wildhops (Flemingia strobilifera) is an erect perennial shrub in the pea family, native across South, East and Southeast Asia, grown mainly in warm tropical gardens. It is grown for its papery bracts and interest rather than as a routine ornamental, and tolerates a range of conditions once established.
Flemingia strobilifera, commonly known as the luck plant or wild hops, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, and subfamily Faboideae. It is native to South, East and Southeast Asia.
It is common in China, Taiwan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar; Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Philippines.
In many parts of the Indian subcontinent it is used as a traditional medicine to treat epilepsy, hysteria and fever. It is an essential part of the Bihu (গৰু বিহু) festival, during which the cattle are washed and gently beaten with twigs of this plant. It is known as makhiyoti (মাখিয়তী) in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Flemingia strobilifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
