Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Bauhinia variegata L.
Family Name	Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name	Phalgu
Tamil Name	கட்டாகி, காஞ்சனி, சிவப்பு மந்தாரை
Life Form	Moderate sized tree
Distribution	Tropical regions of the world
Botanical Distribution	Habit: Deciduous tree, bark .Wood moderately hard.Grayish brown with irregular darker patches. Leaves: Petiolate divide into2 lobes, cordate. Leaflets,adnate, ovate- oblong, transverse nervules, leaflets ovate,rounded apex, upper side glabous. Flowers: White/pink, fragrant, axillary or terminal racemes.Pedicels short or sessile. Calyx 5 toothed at the apex, Petals - 5, 4 petals pale purple and the 5 the darker with darkpurple veins. Stamens 5fertile, rarely less, staminodeabsent. Fruit: Hard dehiscent, dark brown pod glabous. Seed: 10-15.
Flowering and Fruiting	January - March; March--May
Key Compounds	Beflavone, 5, 7-dimethoxy-30, flavonolglycoside, triterpene saponin, phenanthraquinone, flavonoids.
Medicinal Use	to wash ulcers
At the Campus	Front of placement office