Herbarium JCB

Bauhinia malabarica Roxb.

Family : FABACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species : Bauhinia malabarica
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bauhinia malabarica Roxb.
Common name : Malabar Mountain Ebony
Vernacular name : Kanchanara (San.); Basavanapada (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 2670, CJS 19083
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha
Key identification features : Bark dark-brown, rough, fiberous exfoliating in long strips; blaze pink to red; leaves edible with acidic taste; inflorescence in axillary racemes, sessile with flowers creamish-white, petals spathulate, nearly equal. stamens 10; pods beaked.
Habit : Tree
Native : India, Myanmar
Comments : Occasional in deciduous and semi-evergreen forests of Peninsular India; Leaves taste acidic.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Bannerghatta forest (Bangalore)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bellary, Chikamagalur, Gulbarga, Kodagu, Mysore, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara