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Bauhinia racemosa Lam.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Bauhinia L.

Bauhinia racemosa Lam. [Preferred name]
    Bauhinia parviflora Vahl {Synonym}
    Piliostigma racemosa (Lam.)Benth. {Orthographic variant}
    Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.)Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ashta [3026]; Atti [4751]; Gurial [3026]; Kachnal [3030]; Maila [4751]; Mayila [4751]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Mauritania (I) [8]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [2]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3383]; Cambodia (N) [1935]; China (N) [1935, 2085, 3409]; Yunnan [3409]; India (N) [123, 2002, 2023, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3031, 3094, 3100, 3113, 3118, 3366, 3373, 3375, 3377, 3382, 3649]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3031]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3382]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Orissa [3026]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3649]; West Bengal [3118]; Myanmar (N) [123, 1914, 2002]; Pakistan (I) [2021]; Sri Lanka (N) [2023]; Thailand (N) [123, 1983, 2002]; Vietnam (N) [1935]
  Caribbean
Dominica (I) [1790]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [8, 1915, 3052]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1790, 1935, 2002, 2021, 2023, 3026, 3409] ; Illustration [1935, 2002, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Shrub [3052], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kuma

  
USES:
  Environmental [1915]; Fibre [2021, 2023, 3030, 3034]; Forage [2021]; Medicine [2021, 2023, 3030, 3034]; Miscellaneous [3019]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated in the botanic garden on Mauritius. [1915]
  Native to South Asia. [1915]

  
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2.

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8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

123.

  Larsen, K. & Larsen, S.S., 1975
    Nat.Hist.Bull.Siam Soc. 25:1-22. ..Bauhinia in Thailand

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1935.

  Larsen, K. et al, 1980
    In: Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam, Vol 18.A.

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
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2002.

  Larsen, K. et al., 1984
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1.In: T.Smithinand & K.Larsen

2021.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan, No.54 Caesalpiniaceae. Karachi:Univ Karac

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

2085.

  Chen, T.C., 1988
    Flora Reipubl.Popular Sin.Vol.39.Science Press. Beijing

3009.

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3020.

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    ..Leguminosae of Haryana. Indian J. Forest. Addit Ser. 11

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
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3382.

  Parker, R.N., 1918
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3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3409.

  Chen, T.C., 1988
    Bauhinia. In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39. (Leguminosae 1)

3649.

  Kanjilal, U.N., 1928
    Forest Flora of Chakrata, Dehra Dun & Saharanpur Forest...

4751.

  Senaratna, L.K., 2001
    A check list of the flowering plants of Sri Lanka. Colombo.
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