Fabaceae
Gray nicker bean
Ticanto crista
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ticanto
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Common names
By language (8)
- Bangla
- কুটুম কাঁটা
- Burmese
- ကလိမ်ပင်
- Chinese
- 华南云实, 搭肉刺, 假老虎簕, 刺果苏木叶, 南天藤, 大托叶云实, 杧果钉
- English
- Gray nicker bean
- Hindi
- लताकरंज
- Japanese
- ナンテンカズラ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၵလိင်ႇ, မႆႉၵလိင်ႇ
- Tamil
- முட்கொன்றை
Synonyms
- Butea loureiroi Spreng.
- Caesalpinia axillaris (Lam.) DC.
- Caesalpinia crista L.
- Caesalpinia crista var. parvistipula Urb.
- Caesalpinia kwangtungensis Merr.
- Caesalpinia laevigata Perr.
- Caesalpinia nuga (L.) W.T.Aiton
- Caesalpinia paniculata (Lam.) Roxb.
- Caesalpinia scandens B.Heyne ex Roth
- Caesalpinia scandens J.Koenig ex Baker
- Genista scandens Lour.
- Guilandina axillaris Lam.
- Guilandina crista (L.) Small
- Guilandina nuga L.
- Guilandina paniculata Lam.
- Guilandina parvifolia Stokes
- Guilandina rotunda Noronha
- Ticanto nuga (L.) Medik.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, November (from 49 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Satheesan.vn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Satheesan.vn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: VASANTH S.N., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Ferguson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: VASANTH S.N., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.