Phanera vahlii

{{Short description|Species of legume}}

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| image = Bauhinia vahlii in Ananthagiri forest, AP W IMG 9204.jpg

| image_caption = Flower in Ananthagiri Hills, in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India

| genus = Phanera

| species = vahlii

| authority = (Wight & Arn., 1834) Benth.{{cite journal | title = The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region | year = 2009 | author = Sinou, C. | author2 = Forest, F. | author3 = Lewis, G. P. | author4 = Bruneau, A.| journal = Botany | volume = 87 | issue = 10 | pages = 947–960 | doi = 10.1139/B09-065}}

| synonyms = * Bauhinia racemosa Vahl

• Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.

}}

File:Bauhinia vahlii.jpg VDC Nepal ]]

Phanera vahlii is a perennial creeper of the family Fabaceae native to the Indian subcontinent. It can grow as much as {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us|spell=in}} a year. The two-lobed leaves are up to {{convert|18|in|cm|abbr=off|sp=us}} in length, and almost as wide. The stems and petioles are covered with reddish hair (trichomes).{{ cite book | last1= Bor | first1= N.L. D.Sc | last2= Raizada | first2= M.B.| date= 1954 | title= Some Beautiful Indian Climbers | location= Bombay | publisher= Bombay Natural History Society | pages= 74–75 }}

The roasted seeds of this woody climber are edible.Khan, M., & Hussain, S. (2014). Diversity of Wild Edible Plants and Flowering Phenology of District Poonch (J&K) in the Northwest Himalyay. Indian Journal Sci. Res 9(1): 32–38.

Phanera species have 2–3 fertile stamens.{{cite journal | title = Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) | year = 2010 | author=Wunderlin, R. P.| journal=Phytoneuron | volume = 48 | pages = 1–5 | url = http://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Cercideae.pdf}}