Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Bauhinia racemosa Lam.
Family Name	Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name	Bidi Leaf Tree
Tamil Name	ஆதி, கொக்கு மந்தாரை
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Southeast Asia
Botanical Distribution	Habit: Deciduous trees, bark grey to black. Leaves: Simple, bilobed, alternate; stipules small, cauducous; petiole 10-33 mm long, slender, pubescent, swollen at base and at tip; leaves, broader than long, bilobed and mucronate at cleft, margin entire, glabrous above, coriaceous, palmate, intercostae reticulate. Flowers: Bisexual, yellowish-white, bracts and bracteoles 2-3 toothed, minute, pubescent; pedicel, slender; calyx spathaceous, 5-toothed at apex; petals 5, linear-oblong; stamens 10; filaments equal, filiform, pilose at base; anthers versatile; ovary half-inferior, stalked, pubescent, ovules many; style filiform; stigma peltate. Fruit: Pod, oblong, blackish-brown, turgid, apex horned indehiscent; Seed: 10-20 ovoid.
Flowering and Fruiting	May – June; November-December
Key Compounds	Beflavone, 5,7-dimethoxy-30, flavonolglycoside, triterpene saponin, phenanthraquinone, flavonoids
Medicinal Use	For Ulcer, Cold, Abdominal disease, Piles, Skin disease and Cough.
At the Campus	Front of the pyramid and outside of tennis ground