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Bauhinia acuminata L.

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Bauhinia acuminata L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAlvesia bauhinioides Welw.
synonymAlvesia tomentosa (L.)Britton & Rose
synonymBauhinia candida Sensu auct.
synonymBauhinia grandiflora Sensu auct.
synonymBauhinia linnaei Ali
synonymBauhinia pubescens DC.
synonymBauhinia tomentosa Sensu auct.
synonymBauhinia wituensis Harms
synonymPauletia tomentosa (L.)A.Schmitz
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Boga-kotora
  • Kanchan
  • Mati-katota
  • Mati kotora
English
  • Dwarf white Bauhinia
  • White orchid-tree
Garo
  • Megong aphal
Hindi
  • सफ़ेद कचनार Safed Kachnar
Kannada
  • Kanchan
Malayalam
  • Mandaaram
Manipuri
  • চিঙথ্ৰাও অঙৌবা Chingthrao Angouba
Other
  • Dwarf White Bauhinia
  • Dwarf White Orchid Tree
  • 'shwet Kachnar' 'श्‍वेत कचनार' In Marathi.
  • Vellai Mandharai
  • White Orchid-tree Or Snowy Orchid-tree
Sanskrit
  • शिवमल्ली Sivamalli
Tamil
  • வெள்ளை மந்தாரை Vellai Mandaarai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Tree
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Contributors 
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Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Shrub
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
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      📚 Natural History
      Cyclicity
      Flowering in April to May
      Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
      Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        Morphology
        An erect shrub up to 10 ft. high. Leaves are 3-5 inches in length, slightly longer than broad, cleft about one third way down into two acute or sub-obtuse lobes. Flowers white, in short leaf opposed raceme; bracts and bracteoles are linear, pubescent. Sepals with spatheceous limb, acuminate. Petals with prominent midrib and ascending veins. Stamens 10, ovary stipitate. Pod glabrous
        Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
        Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
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          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Cultivated as ornamental
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
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            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat

            Habitat

            Terrestrial
            Terrestrial
            Deciduous forests, scrub jungles
            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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            References 
              Description
              Maharashtra: Pune Karnataka: Coorg, N. Kanara Kerala: Alapuzha, Kollam, Kozhikode, Kottayam, Malapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Global Distribution

                India: Assam, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh

                Indian Distribution

                Bongaigaon, Barak Valley, Goalpara Kamrup

                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  No Data
                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses

                  System of Medicines Used In

                  Ayurveda
                  Ayurveda
                  Folk medicine
                  Folk medicine
                  Siddha
                  Siddha
                  Flowers are eaten fried
                  Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                  Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    System Of Medicines Used In

                    Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                    FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=299
                    Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=299
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=299
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                      2. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=299

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                      📚 Meta data
                      No Data
                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomPlantae
                      PhylumTracheophyta
                      ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                      OrderFabales
                      FamilyFabaceae
                      GenusBauhinia
                      SpeciesBauhinia acuminata L.
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