Bauhinia malabarica Roxb.

 
  • Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
  • Synonym(s) : Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth.
  • Common name : Malabar Mountain Ebony, Malabar bauhinia, Mountain ebony
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ampti, Amlosa (Hindi)
    • Basavanapada (Kannada)
    • Vellatthi, Mantharairi (Tamil)
    • Pulichinta, Pedda-ari (Telugu)
    • Koteli, Gumbati (Oria)
    • Kanchanara (Sanskrit)
    • Arampuli, Vellamandara (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Valleys of forests, Deciduous forests
  • Key identification features : Small bushy deciduous tree
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Navendu Page, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 24/02/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-332
  • Collection Locality : Chandaka WLS, Khurda district (OD)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district,
    • Karnataka : Bellary district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Angul district, Dhenkanal district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Jalpaiguri
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
    • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bauhinia malabarica. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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