Centroplacaceae

Bhesa indica (Bedd.) Ding Hou

Family: Centroplacaceae
Genus: Bhesa

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Bhesa indica: Bhesa indica leaves, dehisced fruits, and seeds in the Anamalai hills, Western Ghats, India — Photo: T. R. Shankar Raman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 印度膝柄木
Malayalam: പെനലി

Synonyms

Kurrimia indica (Bedd.) Gamble
Trochisandra indica Bedd.

Photos

Photo: T. R. Shankar Raman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mrinalini K Siddhartha, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: NCF, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Abhirami C, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jyotsna Nag, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Aparna Krishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Srinivasan Kasinathan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.