Bankhara / Climbing Dalbergia
Dalbergia volubilis
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- February-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dalbergia volubilis
- Genus
- Dalbergia
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bankhara itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bankhara itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- ¿ बनखरा ? bankhara, ¿ भटिया ? bhatia, Bhatia
- Tamil
- புனலிக்கொடி punali-k-koti
- Kannada
- ¿ ಮರ್ದಿಬಳ್ಳಿ ? mardiballi
- Malayalam
- വള്ളിവീട്ടി vallivitti
- Marathi
- आळई alai, मुंगणवेल munganvel
About Bankhara
Climbing Dalbergia (Dalbergia volubilis) is a woody climber in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and 12 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to June.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Bankhara belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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