• Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bauhinia semla Wunderlin
• Vernacular name : Kanla, Kandla, Semla (Hindi); Nirpa (Telugu); Amthi, Choari (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Mixed forests
• Comments / notes : Deciduous tree.
• Key identification features : Bark brown. Flowers small in terminal panicles, yellow with purple streaks. Pods flattened, gradually widening to an obtuse tip
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district, Angul district, Dhenkanal district, Sambalpur district, Keonjhar district
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bauhinia semla. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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