Humboldtia bourdillonii
Prain
Adimundan
FabaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit pods are edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in the forest between 900-1,000 m above sea level.
Asia, India,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The leaves are compound and have 3-4 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are 8-10 cm long by 2.5-4 cm wide. The fruit are red pods that are hairy. They are 8-11 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide. There are 3-5 seeds.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Humboldtia bourdillonii is a species of endangered plant, endemic to the Western ghats in India. It is a legume in the family Fabaceae. It is also known by the Malayalam name Adimundan.
Notes
Also as Caesalpinaceae.
References (1)
- Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 275
