Herbarium JCB

Humboldtia brunonis Wall.

Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Humboldtia brunonis Wall.
Vernacular name : Hasige mara (Kannada); Kattasokam, Kaduasoka (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Evergreen forests
Comments / notes : Frequent in evergreen forests of Western Ghats and as an understorey; elevation 400-1000 m.
Key identification features : A small evergreen tree of Western Ghats. Leaves are compound with short petiole and even pinnate; leaflets in 2 pairs, up to 20cm long and 7 cm broad; stipules are leaf-like with kidney-shaped basal appendages. Inflorescence is a raceme, up to 15cm long. Flowers are attractive with pink sepals and white petals tinged pink. Fruit is a leathery pod.
Flower, Fruit : November-June
Collection Nos : CJS 10592, CJS 15990, CJS 12834, KFP 6564
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Shivamogga district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Ernakulam district
- Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
Native : India
Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
World Distribution : India
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Humboldtia brunonis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.