Phanera vahlii | |
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Flower in Ananthagiri Hills, in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Phanera |
Species: | P. vahlii
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Binomial name | |
Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn., 1834) Benth.[1]
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Synonyms | |
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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. The stems and petioles are covered with reddish hair (trichomes).[2]
The roasted seeds of this woody climber are edible.[3]
Phanera species have 2–3 fertile stamens.[4]