Biology:Phanera vahlii

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Short description: Species of legume

Phanera vahlii
Bauhinia vahlii in Ananthagiri forest, AP W IMG 9204.jpg
Flower in Ananthagiri Hills, in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Phanera
Species:
P. vahlii
Binomial name
Phanera vahlii
(Wight & Arn., 1834) Benth.[1]
Synonyms
  • Bauhinia racemosa Vahl
  • Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.
Pods of Phanera vahlii in Mathurapati Fulbari VDC Nepal

Phanera vahlii is a perennial creeper of the family Fabaceae native to the Indian subcontinent. It can grow as much as fifty feet (15 meters) a year. The two-lobed leaves are up to 18 inches (46 centimeters) in length. The stems and petioles are covered with reddish hair (trichomes).[2]

The roasted seeds of this woody climber are edible.[3]

Phanera species have 2–3 fertile stamens.[4]

Distribution

Phanera vahlii is found from Sikkim and Nepal across India and Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, Pakistan.

Local names

In Hindi, it is called मालू malu, but also mahul, jallaur and jallur. In Nepali it is called भोर्ला bhorla. In Odia, it is called ; ସିଆଳି Siali, இலை மந்தாரை in Tamil. In Telugu, it is called అడ్డాకు.

References

  1. ↑ Sinou, C.; Forest, F.; Lewis, G. P.; Bruneau, A. (2009). "The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region". Botany 87 (10): 947–960. doi:10.1139/B09-065. 
  2. ↑ Bor, N.L. D.Sc; Raizada, M.B. (1954). Some Beautiful Indian Climbers. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 74-75. 
  3. ↑ Khan, M., & Hussain, S. (2014). Diversity of Wild Edible Plants and Flowering Phenology of District Poonch (J&K) in the Northwest Himalyay. Indian Journal Sci. Res 9(1): 32–38.
  4. ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. (2010). "Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae)". Phytoneuron 48: 1–5. http://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Cercideae.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2118988 entry




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