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Bauhinia variegata L.

[ Family : Caesalpiniaceae ]

[ Synonyms : Bauhinia chinensis (DC.) Vogel ; Bauhinia decora Uribe ; Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Aiton) Corner ; Bauhinia variegata var. chinensis DC.; Phanera variegata (L.) Benth. ]

[ Common name (Local) : Kanchan, Rakta kanchan ]

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Name in other Languages :

• Bengali : Kanchan, Rakta kanchan | Sanskrit : Kancanarah, Kovidarah | Hindi : Kanchan, Khairwal, Kachnar | Tribal : Not available yet | English : Camel foot tree, Buddhist bauhinia, Moutain ebony, Orchid tree | Other Languages : Kovidaram, Mandarom, Malayakatti (Mal.) ; Mantharai, Tiruvatti (Tam.) ; Mandari (Tel.)

[ Trade Name : Rakta kanchan ]

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Plant Characteristics :

Habit : Small tree
Habitat & Ecology : Terrestrial, Grows in well drained soil getting plenty of sunlight in mild climatic condition.
Occurrence : Himalayan foothills upto1300 m.

Status : Infrequent
Botanical Character : A medium-sized, erect, deciduous tree, with moderately stout glabrescent branchlets. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, deeply cordate, cleavage runs down the quarter of the length from the apex, the obtuse lobes reaching down, broader, rigidly subcoriaceous. Corymbs lateral, few-flowered, sessile or short-peduncled; bracts minute, deltoid. Calyx tube around 2.5 cm; limb cordate-ovate, remaining to the end spathaceous and entire. Petals 3.7- 5.0 cm long, 2- 3 cm broad, white variegated with red and yellow, sometimes pure white. Stamens 3- 5. Ovary with a long stalk and style and a minute stigma. Pod 15- 30 cm long, 2- 3 cm broad, hard, flat, glabrous, rather decurved, dehiscent, 10- 15- seeded.

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Flowering & Fruiting : October--March
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Soil Character : Capable of growing on a wide range of soils from gravelly, shallow, rocky soil on hill slopes to sandy loam and loamy soil .
Climate : Tropical and subtropical
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