BAUHINIA PURPUREA Linn. – Department of Forest & Wildlife UT Administration Chandigarh

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BAUHINIA PURPUREA Linn.


Division	Angiosperms
Class	Dicotledons
Subclass	Polypetalae
Series	Calyciflorae
Order	Rosales
Family	Caesalpiniaceae
Genus	Bauhinia
Species	purpurea


Etymology:	Bauhinia was created in honour of the brothers Jean and Casper Bauhin. Most of the species have their leaves composed of two lobes, these two lobes were symbolic of the services the two brothers had rendered to science.
Botanical name:	Bauhinia purpurea Linn.
Local/Trade names:	The Purple Bauhinia, Autumn Flowering Bauhinia
Conservation status:	Commonly planted in gardens.
Digonestic features:	Leaves bilobed; flowering time October.
Description:	Moderate-sized tree. Bark ash coloured or dark-brown. Leaves 8-12 cm across, lobes separated from 1/3 to 1/2 their length from the tip. Flowers light purple, 4-6 cm long, in terminal and axillary, few-flowered corymb-like racemes. Pods 15-25 x 1.5-2 cm. Seeds 6-16, flat, oblong-ellipsoid.
Phenology:	Fls. & Frts.: Sept.-Jan.
Distribution:	Sub-Himalayan tracts, Assam, Meghalaya, Western Peninsula. Bangladesh.
Where to see it:	Medicinal Plant Garden.
Uses:	Roots carminative. Bark used in diarrhoea, also yields a fibre. Flower buds eaten as a pot-herb, also pickled; they are laxative and anthelmintic. Leaves used as fodder. Seeds yield a non drying fatty oil. Wood used for agricultural implements and matches; also suitable for rafters and scantlings.

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