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Humboldtia bourdillonii is an endangered tree from the Western Ghats of southwest India, growing up to 15 to 20 m in evergreen forest near streams. It is a rare forest species rather than a common garden plant, so growing it is mainly a matter of conservation and botanical interest.
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.
This tree was described by David Prain based on the collection of T.F. Bourdillon from the Peermade ghats of Kerala in 1904. It was rediscovered in 1998 from Periyar Tiger reserve. It is often seen growing near streams, rivulets of low elevation evergreen forest patches at elevations of 200 to 1200 meters. Recent research discovered a population of these trees further south in the Kulamavu forests and Vagamon of Idukki district.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Humboldtia bourdillonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
