Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. (Syn: Bauhinia racemosa Vahl; Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.);
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Indian Subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Zaïre as per POWO;
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¿ FAH-ner-uh ?– Greek: phaneros (conspicuous), alluding to well-spreading calyx and corolla … facebook
WALL-ee-eye — named for Martin Vahl, Danish-Norwegian botanist … Plant Illustrations}
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commonly known as: camel’s foot climber, malu-creeper, siali leaf • Assamese: কাঞ্চন লতা kanchan lota, মেৰমেৰী লতা meramerai lota, নাক কাটী লেৱা nak kati lewa • Bengali: চিহুরলতা chihurlata • Dogri: मलूँगड़ malungar, टौंहर tounhar • Garhwali: मालू malu • Gujarati: માહુલીવેલ mahulivel • Hindi: मलूँगड़ malungar, मालझन maljhan, मलायु malayu, माहुल mahul, मालू malu, टौर taur • Kannada: ಆನೆಪಾದ aanepaada, ಬಿಳಿ ಕಂಚುವಾಳ bili kanchuvaala, ಹೆಪ್ಪರಿಗೆ hepparige, ಕಂಬಿಹೂ kambihu • Karbi: ইংকু ingku • Konkani: चांबेली chambeli • Malayalam: ആരമ്പൂവള്ളി aarampoovalli • Marathi: चांबुळी chambuli, चामूळ chamul, कांचनवेल kanchanvel, माउल maaul • Nepali: भोर्ला bhorla, मालु maalu, महुरायिन mahuraayin • Odia: ଶିଆଳି siyali • Pahari: टौर taur • Punjabi: ਮਾਲਜਣ maljan, ਮਰਵਾਰ marwar • Sanskrit: मूर्वा murva • Santali: jom lar, lamak lar • Tamil: காட்டு மந்தாரை kattu mandarai, மந்தாரை இலை mandarai ilai • Telugu: అడ్డ తీగ adda tige, అడ్డాకు addaku, బాసానపదడుగు basaanapadadugu, మాడపు తీగ madapu tige, మాడపాకు mudupu aaku, పరికే తీగ parkay tige, పరుటాకుల తీగ parutakulu tige
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/03/phanera-vahlii-wight-arn-benth.html
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Large climber with tendrils opposite the leaves; leave 15-45 cm long, almost as broad, cordate at base, lobed at apex, sparsely hairy above, densely hairy beneath, petiole 7-9 cm long; flowers white turning buff with age, in terminal dense subcormbose raceme; calyx 3-5 lobed, 10-12 mm long, densely villous; petals 2-4 cm long, spathulate, hairy outside; stamens 3 with additional 2-7 staminodes; pod woody 20-30 cm long, 5-7 cm broad, velvety.
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Tendrils of Bauhinia vahliiThe green inner tissue is sensitive to touch which winds the tendril around support. The grip of these tendril can striangulate branches of large trees and they help this climber to spread to 30 mts length.
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B. vahlii (leave slightly lobed, leaves very large up to 40 cm long (10-40 cm) and B. corymbosa with smaller leaves (5 cm or less; leaves divided almost to base);
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The leaves of B. vahlii are many times larger than B. glauca. In B. vahlii the leaves may be also 45 cm across where in B. glauca may be up to 10 cm across or so. The inflorescence in B. vahlii is much larger than those of B. glauca. In B. vahlii the ovary is densely pubescent whereas glabrous or so in B. glauca. In B. glauca the stigma is obliquely peltate whereas capitate in B. vahlii. The pods are woody and densely pubescent in B. vahlii whereas in B. glauca it is thin valve and glabrous.
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Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Bauhinia vahlii:
Bauhinia vahlii
A huge climber.
I have observed this in Nagzira forest. Kanakeshwar near Alibag. and in Koyna.


Nice Catch of large woody climberCommon in Morni hills area Haryana Also


 


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Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) :: Bauhinia vahlii – in Sagargad:
Came across this huge woody Climber with some left over flowers and Flat woody pods on the way to Sagargad (Alibag region, Maharashtra).
Date: 11-07-2010
Bot. name: Bauhinia vahlii
Family: Caesalpiniaceae


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Names of Plants in India :: Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.:
via Species‎ > ‎B‎ > ‎ Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … (family: Fabaceae)

Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth
baw-HIN-ee-uh — named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanistsDave’s Botanary
¿ WALL-ee-eye ? — named for Martin Vahl, Danish-Norwegian botanistFSHS
commonly known as: bauhinia climber, camel’s foot climber, malu-creeper, siali leafAssamese: nak kati lewaBengali: chihurlataHindi: माहुल mahul, मालू maluKonkani: ¿ चिंबेली chimbeli ? • Malayalam: ആരമ്പുവള്ളി arampuvalliMarathi: चामूळ chamulNepali: भोर्ला bhorlaOriya: siyaliTelugu: అడ్డచెట్టు addacettu
botanical names: Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … synonyms: Bauhinia racemosa Vahl • Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. … The Plants List
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Photographed at Kanakeshwar, Alibag … 23 JUN 12
… more views on flickr.

… names in Assamese added:
Assamese: কাঞ্চন লতা kanchan lota, নাক কাটী লেৱা nak kati lewa


¿ FAH-ner-uh ?– Greek: phaneros (conspicuous) alluding to well-spreading calyx and corolla … * facebook

WALL-ee-eye — named for Martin Vahl, Danish-Norwegian botanist … Plant Illustrations

* Many thanks to Dr Kanchi Natarajan Gandhi ji and Dr Subir Bandyopadhyay ji for helping with the etymology of the genus name Phanera … facebook

commonly known as: camel’s foot climber, malu-creeper, siali leaf • Assamese: কাঞ্চন লতা kanchan lota, মেৰমেৰী লতা meramerai lota, নাক কাটী লেৱা nak kati lewa • Bengali: চিহুরলতা chihurlata • Dogri: मलूँगड़ malungar, टौंहर tounhar • Garhwali: मालू malu • Gujarati: માહુલીવેલ mahulivel • Hindi: मलूँगड़ malungar, मालझन maljhan, मलायु malayu, माहुल mahul, मालू malu, टौर taur • Kannada: ಆನೆಪಾದ aanepaada, ಬಿಳಿ ಕಂಚುವಾಳ bili kanchuvaala, ಹೆಪ್ಪರಿಗೆ hepparige, ಕಂಬಿಹೂ kambihu • Karbi: ইংকু ingku • Konkani: चांबेली chambeli • Malayalam: ആരമ്പൂവള്ളി aarampoovalli • Marathi: चांबुळी chambuli, चामूळ chamul, कांचनवेल kanchanvel, माउल maaul • Nepali: भोर्ला bhorla, मालु maalu, महुरायिन mahuraayin • Odia: ଶିଆଳି siyali • Pahari: टौर taur • Punjabi: ਮਾਲਜਣ maljan, ਮਰਵਾਰ marwar • Sanskrit: मूर्वा murva • Santali: jom lar, lamak lar • Tamil: காட்டு மந்தாரை kattu mandarai, மந்தாரை இலை mandarai ilai • Telugu: అడ్డ తీగ adda tige, అడ్డాకు addaku, బాసానపదడుగు basaanapadadugu, మాడపు తీగ madapu tige, మాడపాకు mudupu aaku, పరికే తీగ parkay tige, పరుటాకుల తీగ parutakulu tige

botanical namesPhanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. … homotypic synonymsBauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … POWO, retrieved 13 January 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
camel’s foot climber, malu-creeper
siali leaf
  • for Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … siali leaf is a trade name for this plant in context of NTFP (non-timber forest products) taken from the popular Odia name ଶିଆଳି (transcribed as siyali or siali); it is an important NTFP (non-timber forest product) of central and southern Odisha … Banjata
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) … spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
কাঞ্চন লতা kanchan lota, মেৰমেৰী লতা meramerai lota, নাককাটি লেৱা nakkati lewa
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
চিহুরলতা chihurlata
  • for Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … Many thanks to Bubai Bera for help with this name … facebook
  • or চেহুর chehur … for Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … BENGAL PLANTS VOL. I by PRAIN, DAVID
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) … spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir … spoken by the Dogras
मलूँगड़ malungar, टौंहर tounhar
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook
  • other variations of मलूँगड़ malungar = मलूंगड़ malungar, बलूंगड़ balungar … many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) … spoken in: Uttarakhand
मालू malu
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: GujaratDadra & Nagar HaveliDaman & Diu
માહુલીવેલ mahulivel
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: Uttar PradeshBiharMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
मलूँगड़ malungar, मालझन maljhan, मलायु malayu
  • Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name … facebook
माहुल mahul
मालू malu
टौर taur
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಆನೆಪಾದ aanepaada
ಬಿಳಿ ಕಂಚುವಾಳ bili kanchuvaala
ಹೆಪ್ಪರಿಗೆ hepparige
ಕಂಬಿಹೂ kambihu
~~~~~ KARBI ~~~~~
written in: Roman … spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland … other names for this language: Mikir or Arleng
ইংকু ingku
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊംകണീ), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) … spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
चांबेली chambeli
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala
ആരമ്പൂ വള്ളി Aarampoo valli or ആരമ്പൂവള്ളി Aarampoovalli
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
चांबुळी chambuli
चामूळ chamul
  • for Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
कांचनवेल kanchanvel
  • for Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … Many thanks to Sharmila Punde for help with this name … efloraofindia
माउल maaul
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) … spoken in: NepalWest BengalAssamSikkim
बोर्ला borlaa, मालु maalu, महुरायिन mahuraayin
  • Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name … efloraofindia
  • other variants of बोर्ला borlaa = भोर्ला bhorlaa, भोर्लो bhorlo … for Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … विकिपीडिया – एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) … spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ଶିଆଳି siyali
  • for Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … Das, Prabhat & Das, Mohini & Sahu, Chinmayee & Rath, Sakti & Kumar, Sanjeet. (2020). Diversity of Climbers of Odisha.
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) … variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
टौर taur
  • Many thanks to Dr Anil K. Thakur for help with this name … facebook … or टौरया tauraya
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) … spoken in: Punjab
ਮਾਲਜਣ maljan, ਮਰਵਾਰ marwar
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) … used all over India by priests and scholars
मूर्वा murva
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman … spoken in: JharkhandWest Bengal, Odisha
jom lar, lamak lar
  • for Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
  • the names need to be rendered in native script
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
காட்டு மந்தாரை kattu mandarai
மந்தாரை இலை mandarai ilai
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra PradeshTelangana
అడ్డ తీగ adda tige, అడ్డాకు addaku, బాసానపదడుగు basaanapadadugu, మాడపు తీగ madapu tige, మాడపాకు mudupu aaku, పరికే తీగ parkay tige, పరుటాకుల తీగ parutakulu tige
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
~~~~~ Last updated: 17-03-2024 ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/03/phanera-vahlii-wight-arn-benth.html


The correct Malayalam spelling is ആരമ്പൂ വള്ളി Aarampoo valli or ആരമ്പൂവള്ളി Aarampoovalli


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Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Bauhinia vahlii from Morni, Haryana:
Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 297. 1834.
Common names: Malu creeper
Hindi: Maljan
Beng: Sihar
Mar: Chambul
Tel: Adda
Large climber with tendrils opposite the leaves; leave 15-45 cm long, almost as broad, cordate at base, lobed at apex, sparsely hairy above, densely hairy beneath, petiole 7-9 cm long; flowers white turning buff with age, in terminal dense subcormbose raceme; calyx 3-5 lobed, 10-12 mm long, densely villous; petals 2-4 cm long, spathulate, hairy outside; stamens 3 with additional 2-7 staminodes; pod woody 20-30 cm long, 5-7 cm broad, velvety.
Photographed from the hilly slopes of Morni hills in April

Yes Sir, Nice pics, I am attaching a picture of a pod from the same area.


these all photographs are very interesting, becoz what we get in Maharashtra as B. vahlii are quite different from these photos…
One planted in Mahim Nature Park, Mumbai, if anybody like to see the live specimen.


I think you are right
The plant uploaded by us from Morni and one uploaded by … look different, especially the fruits. The leaves also seem to be smaller in … plant. It would be interesting to know what other climber species are reported from Western Ghats.

We have two reported from our part B. vahlii (leave slightly lobed, leaves very large up to 40 cm long (10-40 cm) and B. corymbosa with smaller leaves (5 cm or less; leaves divided almost to base), on that count our plant fits B. vahlii.


question…
when there is regional variation… even in the seed pods… as in this case apparently…
is there enough Genetic variation that shows up in DNA or RNA fingerprinting?
I dont know enough molecular biology of PLANTS to know the answer…. AND if the fingerprints differ by say 10% or 20% .. is it a new variant or a new species?


Fortunately molecular biology is one field which unites animals and plants. Many areas of manifestation and analysis are similar.



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MS051211-69 –Bauhinia for ID:
I am sending herewith the photographs of Bauhinia species for ID . The plant is a hardy climber and invasive on trees.
Photos taken in Lal Bagh, Bangalore 0n 10.8.2011.


Could it be Bauhinia scandens ?
http://hortuscamden.com/plants/view/bauhinia-scandens-l
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This should be Bauhinia vahlii, a dominating climber, though flowers would have been helpful.


Yes looks like Bauhinia vahlii


Bauhinia vahlii from me too



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Flora of Chakrata- Phanera vahlii from Bairat Khai 2012:
Phanera vahlii (Wt. & Arn.) Benth., Pl. Jungh. 263, 1853; de Wit, Reinwardtia 3 (4): 478, 1956; Bauhinia vahlii Wt. & Arn., Prodr. 297, 1834;Kanjilal, For. Flora 211
A profuse evergreen climber, with thick, cable-like branches. Leaves upto 45 cm across, about as broad as long, deeply cordate, lobes obtuse, dark green. Petiole stout, 7-9 cm long. Stipules obtuse, falcate.Flowers in dense, terminal long-peduncled corymbs or corymbose racemes. Petals white, stamens 3. Ovary tomentose. Pod 15-30 x 3-7 cm, flat, woody, clothed with dense rusty tomentum. Seeds 8-12, flat, 2.5 cm in diameter.
Shot from Bairat-Khai Road, Chakrata Region in May 2012….a very common, profuse climber, no fruit pics this time.

Thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures.

Bauhinia vahlii
Climber from Bauhinia genus. I have observed this in Nagzira Vidarbha and from Kanakeshwar near Alibag Maharashtra.


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Involute-Geometry in Plants:
Involute, an engineer’s perspective of perfectly geometric shapes found in plants. This feature is specific to a particular plant. I am sure many will be able to guess the ID. Can someone brief about the speciality of the tissues at the green inner surface?


I do not have answer to the question … has put forth. But I would like to add few things related to this topic.
It is related to Biomimicry – drawing inspiration from nature for solving our day to day problems. I have been working on an article named ‘Inspiration from Nature’ and this is currently given for publication. I will share once it is published. But in the meanwhile would like to share few things.

Biomimicry would be key word in future engineering where engineers would turn to nature for solutions (In past humans have always been drawing inspiration from nature – birds x aeroplane for example). This is because ‘Mother Nature’ is an extremely good designer. Precise, highly function centric, efficient, frugal and regenerative! These are necessarily important qualities both product designer and his product should possess.

The involute profile … has mentioned is the most important profile in the mechanical world – the profile that actually drives the world efficiently.

There is so much of data available on internet on Biomimicry. There are several more examples – baby carriers x kangaroo pouch, welcro x seed dispersal systems, humanoid robotic arm x human limb, barbed wire x thorns etc.

There are several product design houses that have started bringing biologists to design table. Product Designers – Engineers – Biologists cross-pollinate to design a good product! So in future a product designer with a good aptitude in natural processes and forms will have an edge other.


Both … and … are correct.
Its really strange to understand the designs in any living organism.
While working on orchids I do come to similar situation and keep thinking for days, how could that design be possible on its own.
Question is both how patterns are formed and why patterns are formed?
There are many such questions unanswered in world.
Why it is green on inner surface, to make a guess I would say that its just because it didnt get exposed to sunlight?
By the way, I am a poor guy and I dont know the plant, some one tell me please 😛


Just some more interesting examples came into my mind on biological designs:
Vespa (scooter) – is for hornet
Volkswagen Beetle – Beetle


Does the green spot shows the physiological sensitivity of the region? does the concentration of harmones is more in that particular point? or does it have fluorescence to attract some guests…?
Do the cells in the region contract so that the tendril continues to make a coil?
only questions come to my mind as I don’t know the answer 🙁


Just trying to modify … question:
“Do the cells in the region contract (elongate/divide slowly as compared to progressively outer portions) so that the tendril continues to make a coil?”


I was thinking, why will a tendril attract a guest? Is their any such example in other plant?


If the tendril belongs to Ampelocissus (for e.g.) then it will bear an inflorescence of several small flowers. Since the tendrils are very close to the flowers, I thought they may help in attracting insect pollinators by their fluorescence or UV light.
This is just an ‘hypothesis’. It will be fine even if it is proved wrong… 🙂 If it is proved right, then it will become a ‘theory’ (!).


Wow then lets prove it right :)…….
BTW Ampelocissus flowers are fully open with nectary fully exposed which shines on sunlight. So I think it was enough to attrat insects.
I dont remember, but one of my friend showed a very interesting image of antenna of some insect using some equipment. It gives unique bands on the image which is unique for the species too. I assume using the
same equipment on this tendril can reveal if it has similar or somewhat similar patterns to attract insects. Will ask him how he did it.

These are tendrils of Bauhinia vahlii, an immense climber common in Himalayan foothills. The green inner tissue is sensitive to touch which winds the tendril around support. The grip of these tendril can striangulate branches of large trees and they help this climber to spread to 30 mts length.



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Bauhinia Climber For ID : Uttarakhand : 130413 : AK-2 : Attachments (6). 6 posts by 4 authors.
Saw these Bauhinia climbers near Jim Corbett Waterfall on 24/3/13.
No flowers or pods when picture was taken.
Kindly id.

If a climber, can be Bauhinia vahlii….


Thanks for a possible id.
I have seen Bauhinia vahlii flowering at Lalbagh, Bangalore.

Yes Bauhinia vahlii (Phanera vahlii). Now it is in flowering with yellowish white flowers in corymbs.


The tendrils are also characteristic. If you have them in any of the pictures…


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bauhinia vahlii, morni hills : Attachments (2).  1 post by 1 author.
the hills were covered with the blooms of bauhinia vahlii may 2013



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Bangalore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this Bauhinia at Lalbagh, Bangalore :: 22122013 :: ARK-32 :  Attachments (3).  7 posts by 4 authors.
Requesting to please ID this tree captured in Lalbagh, Bangalore in November 2013.

Bauhinia malabarica I suppose


This is not a tree but a huge climber.
I think it is Bauhinia vahlii, Maloo Creeper.

Thank you … for this as well..
How different is Bauhinia vahlii from Bauhinia glauca?


The images are of Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. whose present accepted name is Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth.
The distribution is as follows:
INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; PAKISTAN, NEPAL.
Bauhinia glauca (Benth.) Benth, whose accepted name is now Phanera glauca Benth. is not found in India. Only Bauhinia glauca subsp. tenuiflora is found. The distribution is as follows:
INDIA: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya; MYANMAR, THAILAND, CHINA, VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA.
The leaves of B. vahlii are many times larger than B. glauca. In B. vahlii the leaves may be also 45 cm across where in B. glauca may be up to 10 cm across or so. The inflorescence in B. vahlii is much larger than those of B. glauca. In B. vahlii the ovary is densely pubescent whereas glabrous or so in B. glauca. In B. glauca the stigma is obliquely peltate whereas capitate in B. vahlii. The pods are woody and densely pubescent in B. vahlii whereas in B. glauca it is thin valve and glabrous. There are other differences too.


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climber for ID – Srisailam Forest – 03022014-NAW1 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.

Kindly identify this climber – tho the pictures are not very clear and i didnt see any flowers.
Photograph taken 2 Feb 2014 in the Srisailam Tiger/ Wildlife Sanctuary. This is a huge woody climber.
the trunk at ground level was more than 15 cm in diameter (no picture). The leaves are double lobed like bauhinia, about 12-18 cm wide, 8-12 cm long. pods velvety upto 7 cm wide and 25 cm long. seed orangish 3 cm by 2 cm. many pods had been chewed into probably by monkeys to eat seeds after peeling the skin. The climber in these pictures had climbed up a tree 7 or 8 metres high.

It may be Bauhinia vahlii


I agree with Bauhinia vahlii, a profuse climber with flat pods…

 


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Wanted Cananga odorata and Bauhinia vahlii seeds : 3 posts by 3 authors.
I am a merely gardener. Looking for some …. and Bauhinia vahlii (red blooming bauhinia creeper) for long but found nowhere.
Though I have contacted some reputed nurseries, they often sell wrong plants.
Will anyone please help me with some seeds of these plants ? I may pay postage etc, if you kindly accept .


Bauhinia vahlii is common in the eastern ghats near Vizag. So much of its leaf is coming to market, from which leaf plates are made.


 


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Bauhinia vahlii SN Mar 46 : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Bauhinia vahlii Wight &Arn., Fam: Caesalpiniaceae,
wild woody climber, Ahobilam, Eastern Ghats, Andhrapradesh


 


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ANMAY13/14 Bauhinia sp. for identification (1) : 8 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (4)

Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Date: 3rd May 2015
Place: Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka

Habit: Scandent/Climber


This looks like Maloo Creeper, Bauhinia vahliiPhanera vahlii

Yes it is Bauhinia vahlii


Yes to me Bauhinia vahlii (=Phanera vahlii) too


A profuse and dominating climber of low altitude hills, Bauhinia vahlii



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Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Request for species Id : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)

Location: Mhow Tehsil, Indore District, Madhya Pradesh
Photograph clicked by Dr Chetan AIran, MD. An Indore based physician. Being sent with his permission
Clicked Acc to Dr Airan Late April or Early May.
Looks like a Bauhinia species.
Request for species id

Looks like Bauhinia vahlii, should be a climber…


Agree with … April-May is the flowering time…


Agree with …



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Flower for Id pl. Is it Bauhinia vahilii (कांचनवेल) ?
Location – Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary
Date – 26.3.2016

Was it climber?


Yes …, it was a climber.
I am sure of the genus but wanted to confirm species.


It seems to be Bauhinia only.


Yes from me.


Correctly identified. However, its present accepted name is  Phanera vahlii.


I remember my trip to Nagzira way back in April 2004
I have my first encounter with this huge liana there itself with giant leaves and flowers all over.


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Bauhinia for ID :: Kanha, MP Tour :: ARKJAN07 : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5)

This Bauhinia was climbing over big trees and was seen at various places in the Kanha National Park, MP in Decemeber 2016.
No flowers or fruits were seen. The leaves were very large, some much bigger than the size of our palms.
Is it possible to ID?


Pl. Check comparative images at EFI.


Bauhinia vahlii, I guess.


…, it could be Bauhinia vahlii. Please get more info from http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search.php
Next time watch from creamish flowers.


Yes it is a Bauhinia vahlii


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Fwd: Telugu names : 2 posts by 2 authors.
Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.,- is known as Madapaku, Addaku మాడపాకు, అడ్డాకు (Tel.) not adda chettu, the dried leaves are stitched into round shaped plates by using grass stems, these leaf plates are used as meals plates inhotels and in houses. hence it is known as addaku, because the leaf is often easily folded it is known as maadapaaku madatha means fold ;
Asparagus racemosus is also known as Pilli teegalu

Thank you very much … for help with these names.
Will revise notes soon.


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Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. ?? : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (8)
Location: Teesta, Kalimpong, India
Date: 24 May  2017
Altitude: 4500 ft.

Bauhinia?


Yes, it is Bauhinia vahlii….!!


Okay …, In that case the current name is Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. according to Bandyopadhyay in Fascicle of Flora of India 26: 41. 2014.


Thank you all.
Nepali Names : भोर्ला Bhorlaa / मालु Maalu
Where can I verify the accepted name as the CoL and the Plant List says Bauhinia vahlii

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What is the name of Bauhinia species which was used stitch leaf plate in Tamil nadu?
I think most of you should know that. I haven’t seen it anywhere till now.
It is not Bauhinia purpurea.

Most probably Phanera vahlii, earlier known by the name Bauhinia vahlii.
I would like to see the image of the plate for further confirmation.


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in Nagzira forest (Vidarbh), Kanakeshwar hill near Alibaug.Maharashtra- April; in Lalbagh, Bangalore- May’09; Srinagar, Uttrakhand, June 09; Parvanoo, Himachal Pradesh, 21 June 2009; in Ananthagiri forest on 27/6/09 in Rangareddy distt. of A.P.; on the way to  Sagargad (11-07-2010); at Malshej;

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WALL-ee-eye — named for Martin Vahl, Danish-Norwegian botanistPlant Illustrations
commonly known as: bauhinia climber, camel’s foot climber, malu-creeper, siali leafAssamese: কাঞ্চন লতা kanchan lota, মেৰমেৰী লতা meramerai lota, নাক কাটী লেৱা nak kati lewaBengali: চিহুরলতা chihurlataDogri: मलूँगड़ malungarGujarati: માહુલીવેલ mahulivelHindi: मलूँगड़ malungar, मालझन maljhan, मलायु malayu, माहुल mahul, मालू malu, टौर taurKannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಕಂಚುವಾಳ bili kanchuvala, ಹೆಪ್ಪರಿಗೆ hepparige, ಕಂಬಿಹೂ kambihuKonkani: चिंबेली chimbeliMalayalam: ആരമ്പുവള്ളി arampuvalliMarathi: चांबुळी chambuli, चामूळ chamul, माउल maaulNepali: भोर्ला bhorlaOriya: ଶିଆଳି siyaliPunjabi: ਮਾਲਜਣ maljan, ਮਰਵਾਰ marwarSanskrit: मूर्वा murvaTelugu: అడ్డ తీగ adda tige, అడ్డాకు addaku, బాసానపదడుగు basaanapadadugu, మాడపు తీగ madapu tige, మాడపాకు mudupu aaku, పరికే తీగ parkay tige, పరుటాకుల తీగ parutakulu tige
botanical names: Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. … synonyms: Bauhinia racemosa Vahl • Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. … in Singh, P. & Bandyopadhyay, S. (Eds.) Fascicles of Flora of India 26: 41. 2014
June 23, 2012 … Kanakeshwar, Alibag
Many thanks to Dr Kanchi Natarajan Gandhi ji and Dr Subir Bandyopadhyay ji for helping with the etymology of the genus name Phanerafacebook.


Some additional Nepali names : मालु Maalu/ बोर्ला Borlaa/ महुरायिन Mahuraay


In Marathi, one local name of this species is कांचन वेल.
Many local informed this name when i was spotting this species.
Bauhinia Vahli

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MS,July,2021/02 Phanera sp. for id.: 4 images.
Location : Seling area, Mizoram

Date : 27-05-2017
Habit : Large climber
Habitat : Wild

Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. ??


Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth.


Yes it’s I too agree with you both,


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Pench NP, MP, March 2022 :: Phanera vahlii :: ARK2022-074: 3 high res. images.

Phanera vahlii
This was clicked in the Pench National Park, MP in March 2022
Locals called it ‘Belyakanchan’ – बेल्याकांचन

Very nice photos. The ID is correct. I have seen this climber in Tirumala Hills as well as Western Ghats area near Shimoga (Jog Falls).
Attn. Of … :
Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಕಂಚುವಾಳ bili kanchuvala, ಹೆಪ್ಪರಿಗೆ hepparige, ಕಂಬಿಹೂ kambihu


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Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth.: 2 very high res. images.

Location: Surkhet, West Nepal
Altitude: 560m.
Date: 27 April 2022
Habit : Wild 

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Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth.: 6 high res. images.

Location: Durling, Baglung, Nepal 
Date: 30 May 2023
Elevation: 1000 m.
Habit : Wild
Syn : Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.

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Fabaceae: Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.: 1 image.
synonyms: Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth., Bauhinia racemosa Vahl
location/date: Semadoh, Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Amravati Distr., Maharashtra, November 1994


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FABACEAE: Bauhinia vahlii: 5 high res. images.
Bauhinia vahlii from Andhra University Botanical Garden. Visakhapatnam. Andhra Pradesh.


Now Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. !


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Fabaceae: Phanera vahlii: 2 high res. images.
Phanera vahlii 

Syn. Bauhinia vahlii from Paderu forest area of Andhra Pradesh on 25/03/2024



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