Bauhinia purpurea
L.
Family :
Caesalpiniaceae
Local name
: Kanchan-phul (As.)
Medium
sized deciduous tree; leaves shallowly cordate, cleft about one third to
half way into two rounded lobes; flowers are of two colours, purplish-pink
and pale-purple; pods linear-oblong, falcate, stipulate, glabrous.
Distribution : Throughout the state, often cultivated.
Uses :
Roots used in wounds, inflammation of throat, spermatorrhoea, and
leucorrhoea. |
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