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, and almost as wide. The stems and petioles are covered with reddish hair (trichomes).[2]
| Phanera vahlii | |
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| Flower in Ananthagiri Hills, in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Phanera |
| Species: | P. vahlii
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| Phanera vahlii | |
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The roasted seeds of this woody climber are edible.[3]
Distribution
editPhanera vahlii is found from Sikkim and Nepal across India and Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, Pakistan.
Local names
editIn 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, and Rúṅ in Ho.[5] In Telugu, it is called అడ్డాకు. In Lepcha it is called bor laa rik, "a gigantic climber found in lower and middle hill forest up to 4,000 ft, seeds and leaves have medicinal properties for impotency".[6]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Bor, N.L. D.Sc; Raizada, M.B. (1954). Some Beautiful Indian Climbers. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 74–75.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. (2010). "Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae)" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 48: 1–5.
- ^ Deeney, John (2005). Ho-English Dictionary (New ed.). Ranchi: Xavier Publications. p. 318.
- ^ Tamsang, Aathing (2009). The Lepcha English Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Kalimpong: Mayel Clymit Tamsang. p. 527. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
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