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Bauhinia malabarica
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Bauhinia malabarica Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 321. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 227. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 407(288). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 162. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 179. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 3. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 163. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 111. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 159. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 228. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 119. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 106. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 227. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 318. 2009.
Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 261. 1852; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 146. 1985.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Arampuli, Vellamandara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Malabar bauhinia, Mountain ebony
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 15 m high, bark 10-15 mm thick, brown, rough, shallow with vertical and horizontal furrows, fibrous, exfoliating in long strips. Leaves simple, bilobed, alternate, 5-10 x 7-12.5 cm, broader than long, suborbicular, apex obtuse, base cordate, margin entire, glabrous above, slightly glaucous beneath, coriaceous; stipules small, free, lateral, cauducous; petiole 25-30 mm long, slender, glabrous, swollen at tip and base; 9-11 nerves from the base, palmate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 6-8 mm across, cream coloured, in axillary corymbs; pedicels slender, upto 2.5 cm. Calyx tube long, thin, pubescent with 5 short lobes. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens 10, all fertile, alternate ones short; anthers versatile. Ovary half inferior, stipitate; ovules many; style filiform; stigma peltate. Fruit a pod, 25-30 x 1.8-2.5 cm, straight, flattened, beaked, longitudinally striate, and glabrous; seeds 20-30, oblong.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Elanad, Koruthode, Kothala, Tolpetty, Parappa, Chindaki forest, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Nedumkayam, Kavalamukata, Thenmalai, Ariankavu, Kulathupuzha, Kappukadu
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