Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Bauhinia purpurea
Scientific Name and Description
Bauhinia purpurea L
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Bauhinia castrata Blanco
Bauhinia coromandeliana DC.
Bauhinia kurzii Prain
Bauhinia rosea Kurz
Bauhinia triandra Roxb.
Caspareopsis purpurea (L.) Pittier
Casparia castrata (Blanco) Hassk.
Perlebia purpurea (L.) A.Schmitz
Phanera kurzii (Prain) Thoth.
Phanera purpurea (L.) Benth.
Phanera rosea Rich. ex Teijsm. & Binn.
Telestria purpurea (L.) Raf.
Bauhinia coromandeliana DC.
Bauhinia kurzii Prain
Bauhinia rosea Kurz
Bauhinia triandra Roxb.
Caspareopsis purpurea (L.) Pittier
Casparia castrata (Blanco) Hassk.
Perlebia purpurea (L.) A.Schmitz
Phanera kurzii (Prain) Thoth.
Phanera purpurea (L.) Benth.
Phanera rosea Rich. ex Teijsm. & Binn.
Telestria purpurea (L.) Raf.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | Butterfly Pea Flower, Kachnar,orchid tree, purple bauhinia,camel's foot, butterfly tree, Hawaiian orchid tree |
| Hindi | ashta, gairal, guiral, gurial, jhinjhora, kachnar, kaliar, kandan, kaniar, karal, karial, khairwal, koilari, koinar, koliar, kwiryal, lal kachnar, lal karal, makkuna, mawai, sona,Kachnar |
| Kannada | akilu, arelu, banne, basavanapadu, deva kaanchana, kanchivaala, kanchivala, kanchuvaala, kancivala, kanjivala, kempu kanchivaala, kempu kanchuvaala, kempu mandaara, kempukanchavala, kempukancivala, kempukanjivala, kempumandaara, kempumandara, mandara, sarul, uleppe, ulipe |
| Malayalam | chovanna-mandaru, chovannamandaru, cuvannamandaram, mandaram, suvannamandaram |
| Marathi | atmatti, dev kanchan, deva, devana kanchana, kanchan, kanchana, ragtachandan, ragthachandan, rakta kanchan, raktha kaanchan, tambdo-apto, Kanchan |
| Sanskrit | camarikah, kancanarah, kanchan, kovidara, kovidarah, mahayamalapatrakah, raktakovidara, raktapushpakovidara, swetakancanara, tamrapuspah, vanaraja |
| Tamil | acanomantarai, acanomantaraimaram, acuvacampurappu, arputaveni, atthi, cikappu mantarai, compucikam, compucikamaram, kalarviluti, kalavilaccai, kalavilaichi, kalaviluti, karuppumantarai, kattu mantarai, mancaltarai, mancaltaraimaram, mandarai, mandareh, mandari, mandharai, mantarai, mantharai, mutiraikkali, nilataru, nilattiruvatti, periyavatti, punkaram, purapicam, segappumandarai, ulittikam, Aparijata |
| Telugu | - aroe, bodanta, bodanta chettu, deva-kasla, devakaanchanamu, devakanjanamu, kaanchanamu, kanchanam, kanjanamu, peddaare, peddare, peddari |
| Tibetan | go bi da ra (p), ko bi da ra, ko bid dri (d) |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Flowers
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Bauhinia purpurea L. Devakanchana Caesalpiniaceae Root, Dried seed Eradicate hair lice. Goiter
Bauhinia purpurea L.
Habit - Moderate size tree
Parts used - Flower, fruit, bark
Application - Ulcers; wounds; swollen glands and stomach tumors; bone fracture; dysentery
Treatment - General
References - Ignacimuthu et al. 2008, Suganthi and Libina 2015
References
Literature
Literature
Ignacimuthu et al. 2008,
Suganthi and Libina 2015
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Bauhinia purpurea. (2023, August 2). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_purpurea