Phanera khasiana is a species of a "climbing shrub" or liana which grows primarily in tropical forest biomes; it is placed in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia. Under its synonym Bauhinia khasiana, its Vietnamese names include "móng bò" indet. "mấu". The native range of this species is from Arunachal Pradesh to Hainan and Indochina.
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following three varieties: