Humboldtia

Humboldtia
Humboldtia decurrens flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Detarioideae
Tribe:	Amherstieae
Genus:	Humboldtia Vahl (1794), nom. cons.
Species[1]
eight; see text
Synonyms[1]
Batschia Vahl (1794), not validly publ.

Humboldtia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of trees and shrubs native to India and Sri Lanka.[1] Most species are endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, with one species ranging southwards to Sri Lanka.[1][2] Typical habitats include tropical lowland and montane rain forest, often along rivers.[1]

• Humboldtia bourdillonii Prain
• Humboldtia brunonis Wall.
• Humboldtia decurrens Bedd. ex Oliv.
• Humboldtia laurifolia Vahl
• Humboldtia ponmudiana E.S.S.Kumar, Shareef & Raj Vikr.
• Humboldtia sanjappae Sasidh. & Sujanapal
• Humboldtia unijuga Bedd.
• Humboldtia vahliana Wight

References

1. Humboldtia Vahl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
2. Gaume, Laurence; Zacharias, Merry; Grosbois, Vladimir; Borges, Renee M. (August 2005). "The fitness consequences of bearing domatia and having the right ant partner: experiments with protective and non-protective ants in a semi-myrmecophyte". Oecologia. 145 (1): 76–86. Bibcode:2005Oecol.145...76G. doi:10.1007/s00442-005-0107-3. PMID 15909135.

Further reading

• Surendran, Saranya; Prabha, A. Chandra; Ramasubbu, Raju; Krishnaraj, M.V. (August 2021). "Humboldtia Vahl (Fabaceae): A review on ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology". Phytomedicine Plus. 1 (3): 100080. doi:10.1016/j.phyplu.2021.100080.