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Humboldtia
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Humboldtia

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. Most species are endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, with one species ranging southwards to Sri Lanka. Typical habitats include tropical lowland and montane rain forest, often along rivers.

Humboldtia bourdillonii Prain

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Humboldtia brunonis

speciesHumboldtia brunonis

Humboldtia laurifolia

speciesHumboldtia laurifolia

Humboldtia vahliana

speciesHumboldtia vahliana

Humboldtia bourdillonii

speciesHumboldtia bourdillonii

Humboldtia decurrens

speciesHumboldtia decurrens

Humboldtia sanjappae

speciesHumboldtia sanjappae

Humboldtia unijuga

speciesHumboldtia unijuga

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 186428.