Herbarium JCB

Pterolobium hexapetalum (Roth) Santapau & Wagh

Family : FABACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species : Pterolobium hexapetalum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pterolobium hexapetalum (Roth) Santapau & Wagh
Common name : White brasiletto climber, Camp Siege
Vernacular name : Bada bakka (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 2229, KFP 5726
Endemism : South-west India
Key identification features : Scandent shrubs with its dangerous sharp hooked prickles. Flowers pinkish-white.
Habit : Shrub
Native : India
Comments : Often in association with certain Lantana bushes which make it impenetrable.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Tumkur
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere