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Bauhinia racemosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Bauhinia racemosa Lam., Encycl. 1: 390. 1785; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 276. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 406(288). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 90. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 162. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 179. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 5. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 160. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 228. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 109. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 319. 2009.
Piliostigma racemosa (Lam.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 262. 1852.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aathi, Arampali, Malamandaram, Malayathi, Mandaram, Kotapuli, Kudambulimandaram
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Description:
Deciduous trees to 10 m high, bark grey to black, rough, thinly scaly, with numerous vertical cracks; blaze pinkish-red, turning brown on exposure. Leaves simple, bilobed, alternate; stipules small, cauducous; petiole 10-33 mm long, slender, pubescent, swollen at base and at tip; leaves 2-5 x 3.5-11 cm, broader than long, ovate-orbicular, base cordate, apex obtuse, bilobed and mucronate at cleft, margin entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, coriaceous; 7-9 nerves from the base, palmate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 10-12 mm across, yellowish-white, in terminal and leaf opposed few flowered racemes; bracts and bracteoles 2-3 toothed, minute, pubescent; pedicel 1-2 mm, slender; calyx spathaceous, reflexed, 5-toothed at apex, puberulous; petals 5, 1.5 x 0.2 cm, linear-oblong; stamens 10, all perfect; filaments equal, filiform, pilose at base; anthers versatile; ovary half-inferior, stalked, pubescent, ovules many; style filiform; stigma peltate. Fruit a pod 15-22 x 1.5-2 cm, oblong, blackish-brown, turgid, apex horned indehiscent; seeds 10-20, ovoid.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Kuttar, Mukkali forests, Chindaki forest, Panthenthode border, Kannoth R.F., Dhoni R. F., Thadikundu area, Vazhikadavu
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