Bauhinia tomentosa
Summary
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiospermae
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species: Bauhinia tomentosa
Scientific Name: Bauhinia tomentosa L.
Common names
English: Yellow bauhinia, Yellow bell orchid tree
Hindi: Kachnar
Marathi: Pivala Kanchan
Sanskrit Phalgu, Pita kanchana
Description
Yellow bauhinia is a small tree with a maximum height of 4 m (13 ft).It has drooping slender branches with multiple scrambling stems. The bark is greyish, smooth, and sometimes hairy, which gives its specific name tomentosa. Greenish leaves are deeply divided and elliptic in nature; margin entire. Flowers are bell-shaped with large, yellow petals with a dark maroon patch at the base. The fruit is a pale-brown pod. Extracts of the plant’s roots have in vitro antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria.
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