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Bauhinia phoenicea
Synonym
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Bauhinia benthamii
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Family
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Fabaceaea
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Local name
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Malayalam -Vallimandaram
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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December-April
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Distribution
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Western Ghats
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Endemic/Exotic
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Western Ghats
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Uses
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In traditional medicine, it used against diabetes, skin allergies, fungal
infections and worm disturbances.
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Key botanical
characters :
Large
climbing shrubs. Leaves orbicular, deeply bifid above, lobes acute, cordate
at base; 9-ribbed from base, nervules parallel. Flowers in extra-axillary
racemes, axis 10-20-flowered. Calyx tube short, lobes oblong, puberulus outside. Petals 5,
long-clawed, spreading. Stamens 4 or 5, exserted, anthers linear, 6 mm long;
style slender; stigma peltate. Pods oblong, broaden above, densely rusty,
pubescent; seeds many.  |
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