Family:
Fabaceae
Synonym:
Bauhinia benthamii Bedd., Phanera phoenicea (Wight & Arn.) Benth.
Vernacular
name:
Thukarakalli Vallimandaram
Habit:
Climber
Habitat:
Evergreen forest
Distribution:
Western Ghats
Flowering
& Fruiting: September-April
Key
identification features: Large climbing shrubs. Flowers in
extra-axillary racemes, axis 10-20-flowered; pedicel 3 cm long; calyx tube
short, oblong, puberulus outside; petals long-clawed, spreading; stamens 4 or 5,
exserted, anthers linear, style slender; many-seeded.
Uses:
Used against diabetes, skin allergies, fungal infections and worm disturbances
IUCN status:Not evaluated
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