Snake climber (Phanera scandens)

Snake climber (Phanera scandens) is a plant species in the Fabaceae, herbaceous climbing or spreading on the ground, the leaves have long and slender stalks. Butterfly wing-shaped leaves, split symmetrically, heart base, sharp tip, upper side is dark green and glossy,

P. scandens has flowers in panicles, branched and white. This species grows on the forest floor, climbing the forest canopy, agroforestry areas, agricultural fields and roadsides.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Cercidoideae
Tribe: Bauhinieae
Genus: Phanera Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 37 (1790)
Species: Phanera scandens (L.) Lour. ex Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 122 (1838)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Bauhinia scandens L. in Sp. Pl.: 374 (1753)
Lasiobema scandens (L.) de Wit in Reinwardtia 3: 427 (1956)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Bauhinia anguina Roxb. in Pl. Coromandel 3: 82 (1820)
Bauhinia anguina var. horsfieldii (Miq.) Watt ex Prain in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 194 (1897)
Bauhinia debilis Hassk. in Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 149 (1843)
Bauhinia divergens Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 282 (1878)
Bauhinia horsfieldii (Miq.) J.F.Macbr. in Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 23 (1919)
Bauhinia japonica var. subrhombicarpa (Merr.) Hiroë in Pl. Basho's & Buson's Hokku Lit. 8: 347 (1973)
Bauhinia piperifolia Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 327 (1832)
Bauhinia scandens var. anguina (Roxb.) H.Ohashi in J. Jap. Bot. 63: 159 (1988)
Bauhinia scandens var. horsfieldii (Miq.) K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen in Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 25: 17 (1973)
Bauhinia subrhombicarpa Merr. in Lingnan Sci. J. 14: 9 (1935)
Lasiobema anguinum Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 71 (1855)
Lasiobema horsfieldii Miq. (1855)
Lasiobema scandens var. horsfieldii (Miq.) de Wit (1956)
Phanera debilis (Hassk.) Miq. (1855)
Phanera divergens (Baker) Thoth. in Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 19: 132 (1967)
Phanera piperifolia (Roxb.) Benth. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 262 (1852)

PUBLICATIONS

Sanjappa, M., Pusalkar, P.K. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2024). Flora of India 6: 1-556. Botanical Survey of India.

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Snake climber
Indonesian: Tapak Ular, Daun lilin
Madura: Ping-keping (Madura), daun lilin
Sunda: Areuy kupu-kupu

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