Phanera vahlii

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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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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Tendrils of Bauhinia vahlii– 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.

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);

As per efi thread:

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.

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Nice Catch of large woody climber … Common 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 in Assamese added:
Assamese: কাঞ্চন লতা kanchan lota, নাক কাটী লেৱা nak kati lewa

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.

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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 😛

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

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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 🙁

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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?”

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

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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’ (!).

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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.

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.

It may be Bauhinia vahlii

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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

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Yes it is Bauhinia vahlii

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Yes to me Bauhinia vahlii (=Phanera vahlii) too

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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)

Flower for Id- ID 09042016SH1 – Is it Bauhinia vahilii ( कांचनवेल) ? : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2)

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Was it climber?

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

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It seems to be Bauhinia only.

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Yes from me.

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

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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?

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Pl. Check comparative images at EFI.

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Bauhinia vahlii, I guess.

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

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

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Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth.

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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.

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.

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

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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.

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

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

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References:

efi thread  POWO  Wikipedia  The Plant List Ver.1.1  ILDIS  GRIN  Flora of Pakistan  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post  Flowers of India  eFlora  PIER   NPGS / GRIN  ENVIS – FRLHT  India Biodiversity Portal  Bauhinia vahlii1