{"id":1467357,"date":"2022-03-30T15:22:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T09:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1467357"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:40:55","slug":"humboldtia-vahliana","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/humboldtia-vahliana\/","title":{"rendered":"Humboldtia vahliana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humboldtia vahliana\u00a0<\/i>Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1607 (1850)\u00a0<\/em>(syn: Batschia vahliana<\/em> (Wight) Kuntze);
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\nS. India as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Malabar Humboldtia \u2022\u00a0Kannada<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0c95\u0cca\u0cb0\u0c9f\u0cc6 Korate, \u0ca8\u0cc0\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0c82\u0c9a\u0cc6 Neervaanche \u2022\u00a0Malayalam<\/span>:<\/strong> Kurappunna, Karappongu, Aattuvanchi, Kurappunna, Korathi \u2022\u00a0Sanskrit<\/span>:<\/strong> Jelavedesa \u2022\u00a0Tamil<\/span>:<\/strong> Attavanji, \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0b82\u0b9a\u0bc0 Nirvanchi
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Trees, to 18 m high,<\/span> bark 5-6 mm thick, dark brown mottled with white; blaze pink; internodes of the branchlets solid, terete, glabrous; branchlets sometimes zig-zag. Leaves paripinnate, alternate; stipules 1.5-3 x 2.2 cm, lateral, persistent, ovate-cordate, parallel veined, glandular, glabrous, appendages reniform, divergently veined, glandular, glabrous; rachis 10-16.5 cm, stout, obscurely winged, pulvinate, tomentose or not; leaflets 4-8, opposite, estipellate; petiolule 7-10 mm long, stout, pubescent or not; lamina 10-25 x 3-6.4 cm, oblong-lanceolate, base obtuse, apex acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 8-14 pairs, pinnate, arched, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent, shallow depressed glands beneath. Flowers bisexual, white, 27-30 mm long, in many flowered, axillary brown velvety racemes; pedicel 5-6 mm long; bracts lanceolate, acute, villous on both surfaces, persistent; bracteoles 2, connate by base, obovate, rounded at apex, fugacious; calyx tube 8-10 mm long, lined by the disc, obconical, brown villous; lobes 4, obovate-oblong, rounded at apex, slightly concave; petals 5, 10-12 x 4 mm, obovate, shortly clawed, broadly rounded at apex, glabrous; stamens 5, perfect, alternating with 5 minute staminodes; filaments 10 mm long, red, pilose upto the middle; anthers versatile; ovary 4-5 mm long, half inferior, obliquely linear, ovules 3-4; style 10-15 mm long, filiform, pilose at base, reddish; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod, 15-20 x 3.7-6 cm, elliptic, compressed, sutures thick valves prominently veined, brown villous; seeds 3-4, almost orbicular, glabrous.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: February-April<\/span>
\nAlong river banks in semi-evergreen and evergreen forests<\/span>
\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\n288 ID wild tree<\/a>: 16 very high res. images.
\nPlease ID wild tree,
\nLocation: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671<\/span>
\nAltitude: 1400fsl<\/span>
\nFlower date: 20.02.2022, 12.45pm<\/span>
\nHabitat: wild, moisture, stream\/riverside<\/span>
\nPlant habit: tree, erect, branches, hard woody stem 40 inches circumference, long lasting<\/span>
\nHeight: 12 meters<\/span>
\nLeaves: opposite, oblong, apex, three wings on young branches, size: 25\u00d76cm or less<\/span>
\nFlower: racemose up straight, clustered, 05 petals, diameter:03cm, white, good fragrance<\/span>
\nFruit:
\nSeed:
\nCamera: CANON EOS1500D<\/p>\n

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Appears to be Clerodendron<\/em> of Lamiaceae<\/em> but not sure<\/p>\n

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Maybe Humboldtia<\/em> sp. ???
\nIn Fabaceae<\/em>
\nhttps:\/\/eol.org\/pages\/28329<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.flowersofindia.Malabar%20Humboldtia.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Humboldtia bourdillonii\u00a0<\/i>Prain ??<\/p>\n

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Thank you very much for ID my plant. It is more close to Humboldtia vahliana<\/em>\u00a0as per flowersofindia images and their images are photographed from my area Kothamangalam,<\/span> good population here,<\/p>\n

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\nFruit: beans flat lengthy, green into yellowish brown, size:16\u00d74\u00d70.3cm<\/span><\/div>\n
Seed: brown up to 04 nos., circular compressed, diameter up to:03.5cm, 0.2mm thickness<\/span>
\n3 high res. images.<\/p>\n
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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of peninsular India<\/a> \u00a0Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Biotik<\/a>\u00a0 Kerala plants<\/a> \u00a0MSSBG<\/a>\u00a0 FRLHT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Humboldtia vahliana\u00a0Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1607 (1850)\u00a0(syn: Batschia vahliana (Wight) Kuntze); . S. India as per POWO; . Common name:\u00a0Malabar Humboldtia \u2022\u00a0Kannada: \u0c95\u0cca\u0cb0\u0c9f\u0cc6 Korate, \u0ca8\u0cc0\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0c82\u0c9a\u0cc6 Neervaanche \u2022\u00a0Malayalam: Kurappunna, Karappongu, Aattuvanchi, Kurappunna, Korathi \u2022\u00a0Sanskrit: Jelavedesa \u2022\u00a0Tamil: Attavanji, \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0b82\u0b9a\u0bc0 Nirvanchi . Trees, to 18 m high, bark 5-6 mm…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8529],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1467357","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-humboldtia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1467357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1467357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1467357"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1467357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}