Bauhinia purpurea L. - Mantharai

Binomial Name : Bauhinia purpurea L.

Family : Leguminosae

Common Name : Purple orchid tree

Tamil Name : மந்தாரை

Small trees with warty branchlets. Leaflets connate about half way, lobed, sometimes lobes overlapping, thin coriaceous, base subcordate, margin entire.Flowers in axillary or terminal recemes or paniculate. Calyx-tube apex 2-cleft. Petals rose to pink, obovate, narrow at base, obtuse. Stamens 3-5. Pods oblong, compressed, many seeded.

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