Herbarium JCB

Bauhinia variegata L.

Family : FABACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
Species : Bauhinia variegata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bauhinia variegata L.
Common name : Mountain Ebony
Vernacular name : Kanchanara (San.); Kachnar (Hin.); Kempu mandara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 3651, KFP 3897
Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh & S.B.Manohar
Key identification features : A small size tree. Leaves are alternate and appear similar to those of B.purpurea. Flowers are in a dense panicle and large. Petals are white-pink and variegated. Fruit is a brownish-black twisted pod.
Habit : Tree
Native : China
Comments : Frequently cultivated in gardens. Sometimes also naturalized.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : B.R.Hills (Chamarajnagar)
Distribution Locality : Planted
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara