Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.
Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.
Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.
Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.
MC013 : Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 168 |
| Synonym | : | Bauhinia racemosa; Phanera vahlii; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Mahul, Maloo Creeper, bauhinia climber, camel's foot climber, |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | A huge climber, branches densely hairy, tendrils circinate, usually opposite the leaves. Leaves alternate, petiolate, petiole c. 7.5-9 cm long, cordate at the base, lobed at the apex, orbicular in shape, 10-46 cm long and almost as broad, sparsely hairy on the upper and densely hairy on the lower surface. Inflorescence terminal, subcorymbose, densely hairy raceme; bracteoles persistent. Flowers white turning buff with age. Hypanthium c. 5-8 mm long. Calyx 3-5 lobed, c. 10-12.5 mm long, splitting into 2-3 parts, densely villous. Petals 5, c. 1.7-4.3 cm long, shortly clawed, spathulate, hairy externally. Fertile stamens 3, 2-7 staminodes may be present. Ovary densely tomentose, style hairy. Pod woody, 22.5-30 cm long,5-7.5cm broad, dehiscent, rusty velvety, 6-12 seeded. Seed flat, dark brown, polished, c. 2.5 cm in diameter. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The seeds are tonic and aphrodisiac. The leaves are demulcent and mucilaginous. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Taraxerol; Beta-sitosterol; Luteolin; Quercetin; Gallic acid; Avicularin; Quercitrin; Hyperoside; Quercetin-3-O-beta-sophoroside; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Luteolin; Gallic Acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijpps/article/view/11797 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae |
| Genus | : Bauhinia |
| Species | : Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. |