Adimundan
Humboldtia bourdillonii
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering
- December-July
How to identify Adimundan
Identify Adimundan by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Corymb.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Adimundan.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Humboldtia bourdillonii
- Genus
- Humboldtia
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests, along stream banks
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-July
- Conservation status
- VU
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Adimundan itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CorymbrecordedA flat-topped cluster where outer flower stalks are longer than inner ones.“The flowers are pink in color displaying corymb inflorescence and grows on the trunk.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“The young seeds are pale red in color and turns brown on maturity with each pod having 3 to 5 seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Adimundan itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Adimundan, അടിമുണ്ടൻ
About Adimundan
A member of the Caesalpiniaceae family, Humboldtia bourdillonii is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Kerala. It grows in evergreen forests, along stream banks. Flowering and fruiting run from December to July.
Caesalpiniaceae
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Adimundan belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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