Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Bauhinia variegata
Scientific Name and Description
Bauhinia variegata L
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Bauhinia chinensis (DC.) Vogel
Bauhinia decora Uribe
Phanera variegata (L.) Benth.
Bauhinia decora Uribe
Phanera variegata (L.) Benth.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | orchid tree |
| Hindi | barial, dhak, goriyal, gurial, gwiar, kachnar, kancanar, kandan, kaniar, karal, karial, khairwal, khwairaal, khwairai, koliar, kural, padrian, papri, plah, Kachnar |
| Kannada | arishina thaega, arisinantige, arjuna, arsantega, ayata, ayisha, bilikanchavala, bilikanchivala, bilikancivala, bilikanjivala, irkubalitu, irkumbalithu, irkumbalitu, jhinjero, kaanchanaara, kanchivala, kanchivalado, kanchiyalapada, kanchvaala, kancivala, kanjivala, karalabhogi, karalbogi, kempu kanchivaala, kempu mandara, kempukancivala, kempukancivalada, kempukanjivala, kempumandar, kempumandara, kogilepukka, kondaalka, kondalka, kovindaara, mandaara, mandara, pulikogelapukka, seyadla, ulipa, ulipe, ulpe, utipa |
| Malayalam | chommandara, chovanna-mandaru, chovannamandaree, chovannamandaru, chuvanna-mandaram, chuvannamandaram, chuvannamandari, chuvannamundiri, cuvannamandaram, konnu, konnumandaram, kovidaram, malayakatti, mandaram, suvannamandaram, unna, unnu |
| Marathi | kanaraj, kanchan, kavidara, rakta-kanchan, raktakanchan, rakthakanchan, thaur, Kanchan |
| Sanskrit | ashmantaka, asphota, camarika, chamari, chamarika, champavidala, gandari, girija, kacanara, kanakaprabha, kancanara, kancanarah, kancanaraka, kanchana, kanchanala, kanchanar, kanchanara, kanchanarah, kanchanaraka, kantar, karaka, karbudara, kovidar, kovidara, kovidarah, kuddala, kuddalah, kuddara, kuli, kundali, mahapushpa, murva, pakari, raktakanchana, raktapushpa, shonapushpaka, suvarnara, svalpakesari, tamrapushpa, uddalaka, yamalachhada, yamalapatrakah, yugapatraka, yugmapatra, yugmapatrah, Kachnara |
| Tamil | akatuti, aranpucaikkerramaram, aranpucaimaram, calacacankati, cekappumantarai, cemmantarai, cempuvatti, cevappumantarai, cevvarattinam, civappumantarai, irattakancanam, kammukari, kammukarimaram, kancanakam, kantaputpam, kuni, kunkumaccemmantarai, kunkumamantari, kuntalam, malaiyatti, mandarai, mandharai, mantarai, maramantarai, nattumantarai, palukampalukamaram, palupam , pattumantarai, periyavatti, perumantarai, potattam, segappumanchori, segappumandarai, segappumandrai, segapu manchori, segapu-munthari, semmandarai, shemmandarai, sigappu-mandarai, tamiram, tampiraputpi, vataraci, vellaippuvatti, vennatti, Sona Vel |
| Telugu | boda, bodanta, bodantham, daevakaanchanamu, daevakanchanamu, deva kanchanamu, devakancanamu, devakanchanam, devakanchanamu, devakanjanamu, kaanchanamu, kacini, kancanamu, kanjanamu, madapaku, mandaara, mandara, mandarai, mandare, mandari, mundari, pedama, peddaare |
| Common Names | Kachnar, Indian Camel's Foot Tree, orchid tree |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Bauhinia variegata L.
Habit - Moderate size tree
Parts used - Whole plant
Application - Diarrhoea; ulcers and leprosy; dysentery; snakebite; skin infection; piles
Treatment - General; infants
References - Dey and De 2012, Gairola et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Dey and De 2012,
Gairola et al. 2013
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N
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 KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
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
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
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