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Bauhinia tomentosa
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Bauhinia tomentosa L., Sp. Pl. 375. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 275. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 4063(288). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 94. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 160. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 142. 1989; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 6. 1992; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 214. 1990; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 249. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 331. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Manjamanaram , Kanchanapoovu, Kanjenapoovu, Kanjanam, Kanchanamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
St.Thomas tree, Yellow Orchid Tree, Yellow Bell Bauhinia
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Description:
A shrub or a small tree. Leaves petiolate, petiole 2.5 cm long, stipule c. 3-5 mm long, lamina 2.5-5 cm long, 4.5-6.5 cm broad, bilobed, lobes rounded at apex, 7-9 nerved at the base, glabrous above, hairy below. Flowers axillary in pairs, sometimes 1-3, each on a pedicel bearing a pair of subulate persistent bracteoles. Bracteole c. 3 mm long. Calyx c. 1.3-1.4 cm long, with 2 teeth at the apex in bud, splitting down on one side when the flower opens. Petals 5, c. 1.8-5 cm long, obovate, not clawed, yellow, conspicuously veined, one with a red blotch on the inner surface. Stamens 10. Ovary stipitate; style c. 1.8-1.9 cm long. Pods dehiscent, 6-10 seeded; stipe 10-12.5 cm long, tomentose or glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Native of South East Asia
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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:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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:
Neerkunnam
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