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Bauhinia phoenicea
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Bauhinia phoenicea Wight & Arn., Prodr. 296. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 283. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 408(289). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 160. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 89. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 162. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 142. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 179. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 4. 1992; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 163. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 111. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 159. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 105. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 119. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 105. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 228. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 195. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 318. 2009.
Phanera phoenicea (Wight & Arn.) Benth. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 262. 1852.
Bauhinia benthamii Bedd., Ic. t. 107. 1868-1874.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vallimandaram, Thukarakalli
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Description:
Large climbing shrubs. Leaves to 10 cm across, orbicular, deeply bifid above, lobes acute, cordate at base; 9-ribbed from base, nervules parallel. Flowers in extra-axillary racemes, axis 10-20-flowered; pedicel 3 cm long. Calyx tube short, lobes 2 cm long, oblong, puberulus outside. Petals 5, 4 x 0.8 cm, long-clawed, spreading. Stamens 4 or 5, exserted, anthers linear, 6 mm long; style slender; stigma peltate. Pods to 16 x 2.5 cm, oblong, broaden above, densely rusty, pubescent; seeds many.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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):
Red
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-900
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Kattalappara, Kallar, Koruthode, Velayudhankayi, Neriamangalam, Kulathupuzha, Poochapara, Moozhiar, Ambayathode, Chandanathode, Nedumpoyil, Mukkali forests, Kallar, Kulathupuzha, Meenmutty
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