Homotypic: Phanera khasiana is a species of a "climbing shrub" or liana which grows primarily in tropical forest biomes;[2] it is placed in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia.

[3] Under its synonym Bauhinia khasiana, its Vietnamese names include "móng bò" indet.

"mấu".

[4] The native range of this species is from Arunachal Pradesh to Hainan[5] and Indochina.

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