Baadu Bakka / White Brasiletto Climber
Pterolobium hexapetalum
Also known as Camp Siege
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- March-November
How to identify Baadu Bakka
Identify Baadu Bakka by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Winged single-seeded pod.
- Confirm leaf type: Bipinnately compound.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Baadu Bakka.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pterolobium hexapetalum
- Genus
- Pterolobium
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- In foothills of scrub jungles and deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Bhutan, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compoundrecordedThe leaf is divided twice — each 'leaflet' is itself a row of smaller leaflets, giving a fine, fern-like look.“They carry pairs of thorns below the rachis of their bipinnate leaves, and their sprawling twigs are armed with recurved thorns.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Baadu Bakka itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae 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 Baadu Bakka itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- baadu bakka, baadu bakkana mullu, bada bakka
About Baadu Bakka
White brasiletto climber (Pterolobium hexapetalum) is a climbing shrub in the Caesalpiniaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and 4 other states. It grows in in foothills of scrub jungles and deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to November.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Baadu Bakka belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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