Phanera coccinea

Phanera coccinea
Phanera coccinea flowers and leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Phanera
Species:
P. coccinea
Binomial name
Phanera coccinea
Synonyms
  • Bauhinia coccinea (Lour.) DC.
  • Bauhinia mastipoda Pierre ex Gagn. is P. coccinea subsp. coccinea

Phanera coccinea is the type species of the genus Phanera: a "climbing shrub" in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia. Under its synonym Bauhinia coccinea, its Vietnamese names include "quạch" and "mấu". Records of distribution exist from the subtropical and tropical forests of Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) and South-central China.