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Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Bauhinia L.

Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. [Preferred name]
    Bauhinia racemosa Vahl {Synonym}
    Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.)Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Camel's Foot Climber [1962, 3382]; Jallur [3026, 3030]; Mahul [3026, 3030]; Maljan [3026, 3030]; Malu [2023]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1914]; India (N) [1914, 1915, 3009, 3017, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3038, 3040, 3105, 3116, 3140, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3377, 3606, 3663]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3026]; Bihar [3371]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3606]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3116]; Orissa [3026]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3038]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3663]; West Bengal [3105]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [2021]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [8];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1947, 2021, 3009, 3026, 3386] ; Illustration [3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [3581] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [1915, 2021, 2023]; Fibre [1947, 3030, 3034]; Food and Drink [2023, 3030, 3587]; Medicine [1947, 2021, 3034]; Miscellaneous [2021, 2023, 3030, 3034]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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    Specimen in Herb.Kew

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

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

1962.

  Saldanha, C.J., 1984
    Flora of Karnatka, Vol 1. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Pub Co

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

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3028.

  Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
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  Jain, S.K., 1991
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3038.

  Chaudhuri, A.B., 1985
    Environment and ... temperate forests of India

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  Hajra, P.K. et al., 1996
    Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Vol.1

3105.

  Biswas, K. & Chopra, R.N., 1982
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3116.

  Kothari, M.J. & Moorthy, S., 1993
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  Chowdhery, H.J. & Wadhwa, B.M., 1984
    Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol.1

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3371.

  Varma, S.K., 1981
    Flora of Bhagalpur. Dicotyledons

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  Maheshwari, J.K., 1963
    The Flora of Delhi

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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
    Punjab Plants Check-list

3382.

  Parker, R.N., 1918
    Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara and Delhi

3386.

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

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.

3606.

  Stewart, R.R., 1972
    An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of West...

3663.

  Saini, D.C., 1996
    Flora of Gorakhpur, Checklist-1 (Ranunculac.-Plumbaginac.).

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