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Bauhinia tomentosa L.
Synonyms
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Alvesia bauhinioides
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Local Name
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English - Yellow Bell Bauhinia
Malayalam - Manjamanaram
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Flowering and Fruiting Period
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September-May
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Distribution
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Native of South East Asia
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Cultivated as ornamental plant
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IUCN Status
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Least Concerned
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Uses
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Cultivated as ornamental plant. Bark comprises of
great medicinal properties.
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Key Botanical Characters:
A shrub or a small
tree. Leaves petiolate, stipule 3-5 mm long, lamina
2.5-5 cm long, 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 3 mm long. Calyx long, with 2 teeth at
the apex in bud, splitting down on one side when the flower opens. Petals 5, obovate, not clawed, yellow, conspicuously veined, one with
a red blotch on the inner surface. Stamens 10. Ovary stipitate; style long. Pods dehiscent, 6-10 seeded.
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