Humboldtia bourdillonii
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| Humboldtia bourdillonii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Humboldtia |
| Species: | H. bourdillonii |
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| Humboldtia bourdillonii | |
Humboldtia bourdillonii is a species of endangered plant, endemic to the Western ghats in India. It is a legume in the family Fabaceae. It is also known by the Malayalam name Adimundan.[2]
These trees can grow up to 15 to 20 meters high. It has smooth bark. The leaves have 6-8 leaflets. The flowers are pink in color displaying corymb inflorescence and grows on the trunk. The young seeds are pale red in color and turns brown on maturity with each pod having 3 to 5 seeds. Flowering is from November to January and fruiting season is from January to May.[3]
Distribution
This tree was described by David Prain based on the collection of T.F. Bourdillon from the Peermade ghats of Kerala in 1904.[4] It was rediscovered in 1998 from Periyar Tiger reserve.[5][6] It is often seen growing near streams, rivulets of low elevation evergreen forest patches at elevations of 200 to 1200 meters. Recent research discovered population of these trees further south in the Kulamavu forests and Vagamon of Idukki district.[3][7]
