Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms |
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Class
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Dicotledons |
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Subclass |
Polypetalae |
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Series |
Calyciflorae |
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Order |
Rosales |
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Family
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Caesalpiniaceae |
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Genus
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Caesalpinia |
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Species
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bonduc |
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Etymology: |
In honour of Andreas Caesalpinius (1519-1603), an Italian botanist. |
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Botanical name
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Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb. ( C. bonducella Linn.) |
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Conservation status:
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Commonly found wild. |
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Digonestic features:
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A prickly climbing; pods prickly. |
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Description: |
Large scandent shrub. Leaves 30-40 cm long, rachis and pinnae with recurved prickles, pinnae 6-8 pairs, 5-15 cm long; leaflets 6-8 pairs per pinna, 1.7-3 x 1-1.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Flowers yellow, in supraxillary and terminal pedunculate, 15-30 cm long racemes. Pods 5-7 x 3-5 cm, globose or ovoid. Seeds 1-2(-3). |
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Phenology: |
Fls.: Aug. -Sept. Frts.: Nov -Dec. |
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Distribution:
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(Throughout the India), Pantropical. |
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Where to see it: |
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Medicinal Plant Garden. |
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Uses: |
Fruits tonic and antipyretic. Seeds yield a fatty oil, used as a cosmetic and for discharges from the ear. Leaves and bark febrifuge, emmenagogue and anthelmintic. Seeds employed for colic. |
