Phanera vahlii Or kachnaar Veil Or Maloo Creeper is a perennial creeper of the family Fabaceae native to the Indian subcontinent. It can grow as much as fifty feet (15 meters) a year. The two-lobed leaves are up to 18 inches in length. The stems and petioles are covered with reddish hair called trichomes.
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Characteristic feature: Tracheophytes
- Types of seed :Angiosperms
- Order: Fabales
- Family:Fabaceae
- Genus:Phanera
- Species:P. vahlii
Kachnaar Veil is the largest creeper in India, and can grow up to 10-30 m long. The woody stem can get as thick as 20 cm. The spreading stout branches are covered with rusty fine hair. The stout tendrils are coiling and occur in pairs, The green inner tissue of tendrils is sensitive to touch which winds the tendril around support. The grip of these tendril can strangulate branches of large trees and they help this climber to spread to 30 mts length. Large leaves are 10-45 cm, 2-lobed with a broad cut. The white flowers, 2-3 cm across, turn yellow when old. The flowers are borne in rounded clusters. They have has 3 fertile stamens and 7 staminodes. Fruit is a flat woody pod with fine rusty hairs, 20-30 cm long. Phanera vahlii is found from Sikkim and Nepal across India and Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, Pakistan.
Uses
Pinch of powered flowers with common salt and white pepper snuffed to relieve headache. Paste of leaves and flowers with some hair oil applied externally to check falling of hair. Known in India as an aphrodisiac, stomachic, tonic and vermifuge, and for antifertility, dysentery and cordage.
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