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Bauhinia variegata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Bauhinia variegata L., Sp. Pl. 375. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 284. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 407(288). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 163. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 6. 1992; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 331. 2009.
Phanera variegata (L.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 261. 1852.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chuvannamandaram, Malayakathi, Kovidaram, Mandaram, Kongu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Variegated bauhinia, Mountain ebony, Orchid tree, Purple orchid tree
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Description:
A medium sized tree with dark brown nearly smooth bark; young shoots pubescent. Leaves petiolate, petiole 2-3.8 cm long; lamina c. 4.5-15 cm long, as broad as or rather broader than long, with a medium cleft reaching from 1 /4 to 1/3 the way down, lobes obtuse, the base is deeply heart shaped, 9-15 nerved, pubescent beneath when young. Inflorescence few flowered pubescent raceme. Pedicel short or absent, bracteole minute; hypanthium slender, c. 1.2-2.5 cm long. Calyx 2.0-2.7 cm long, tomentose, 5 toothed at the apex. Petals 5-6.3 cm long, obovate, with long rather broad claw, all white or 4 petals pale purple and fifth darker with purple veins. Stamens 5, fertile, no staminodes. Ovary hairy, stipe 10-17 mm long; style long, stigma capitate. Pods 15.0-30 cm long, c. 1-2.5 cm broad, hard, flat, dehiscent 10-15 seeded; stipe glabrous.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Possibly native of China; wild in the sub Himalayan and India
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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):
Pink, White
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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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