Bauhinia racemosa Sonpatta Kachnar

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Bauhinia racemosa
Scientific Name and Description
Bauhinia racemosa Lam
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree

Plant Synonyms

Plant Synonyms
Bauhinia parviflora Vahl
Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.) Benth.
Piliostigma racemosa (Lam.) Benth.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi ashta, asoda, asundra, asundro, dhorara, ghila, gurial, hatera, jhanjhora, jhinghora, jhinja, jhinjha, jhinjheri, jhira, kachnal, kanchnal, karal, karial, koryale, makkuna, marvil maula, papri, sahata, seta, Kathkaran
Kannada aapata, aaptha mara, aaralu, achilu, aishuy, ara, araginda, aralukadumandara, aralumandara, are, arelu, arilumandara, arise, arisele, arisile, arjuna, arjunada, arsilu, arthi, arti, aupta, ayata, bannae, banne, bannemara, chitaachi, ishae, iyuta, jhinjero, kaadumandaara, kanchwala, kancivala, kitacha, kittarasa, kittarisa, kitthirasa, kitunasa, mandara, vana sampige
Malayalam arambuli, kodavapuli, kotapuli, malayathi, mandaram
Marathi aapata, aapta, apata, apta, kanraja, seyara, shiara, sonan, vanaraja, vanraja, Shenga
Sanskrit amlalota, anupushpaka, ashmantaka, asmantaka, asmantakah, candrakah, kusali, kushali, shlashnatvaka, slaksnatvak, svetakanchan, svetakanchana, vanaraja, yamalapatraka, yamalapatrakah, yugmapatra, Shivaparvathi
Tamil ar, arai, aram, archi, areka, arikka, athi, atti, kokkumantharai, malai-atthi, mandarai, sallagi, sittacha, tadagi, vattatthi, vellai mantarai,Arayal
Telugu aare, ada, adaviyavise, adiviyavise, are, arechettu, ari, manchare, manchiyaare, manjiyare, pachaare, pachare
Urdu gul-i-anehnal, kachnal (kachnar), poast kachnal
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Bark
Leaves
Flowers
Ethnopharmacology use

Bauhinia racemosa Lam

Habit - Small tree

Parts used - Bark, flower, leaves, legumes, root

Application - Dysentery; diarrhoea; fever; epilepsy; gonorrhea

Treatment - General; veterinary

References -Padal et  al. 2010, Rao et al. 2006, Reddy et al. 2008, Sharma et al. 2013


 

Herbs Medical Indications

Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References

Literature

Literature
Padal et al. 2010
Rao et al. 2006
Reddy et al. 2008
Sharma et al. 2013
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Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

Citations

Herb citations

Bauhinia racemosa. (2024, March 5). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_racemosa