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Bauhinia variegata - Kaancanara

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Kaancanara

Kaancanara consists of the dried, stem bark of Bauhinia variegata Blume (Fam.Leguminosae): a medium sized tree occurring in sub-Himalayan tract extending eastwards to Assam, Eastern, Central and South India. [1]

Uses

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Keyumandar, Kanchavala
Hindi Kachanar, Kanchanar, Kachnar
Malayalam Chuvanna Mandharam
Tamil Sigappu mandarai, Sihappu mantarai
Telugu Deva Kanchanam
Marathi Kanchana, Raktakancana
Gujarathi Champakati, Kanchnar, Kachnar
Punjabi Kanchnar
Kashmiri Kalad
Sanskrit Kaancanaraka
English Mountain Ebony


Chemical Composition

Tannins.

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

kashaya

Guna

Laghu, Ruksha,

Veerya

Sheeta (cold)

Vipaka

Katu

Karma

Deepana, Grahi, Tridoshahara, Gandharvaddihara

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Bilobed Leaves petiolate, petiole 2-3.8 cm long; lamina c. 4.5-15 cm long, as broad as or rather broader than long, with a medium cleft reaching from 1 /4 to 1/3 the way down, lobes obtuse, the base is deeply heart shaped, 9-15 nerved, pubescent beneath when young

.[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
bisexual 5-7cm long purple–pink few flowered pubescent raceme. Pedicel short or absent, bracteole minute; hypanthium slender, c. 1.2-2.5 cm long. Calyx 2.0-2.7 cm long, tomentose, 5 toothed at the apex. Petals 5-6.3 cm long, obovate, with long rather broad claw, all white or 4 petals pale purple and fifth darker with purple veins. Stamens 5, fertile, no staminodes. Ovary hairy, stipe 10-17 mm long; style long, stigma capitate.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Pod 15.0-30 cm long, c. 1-2.5 cm broad hard, flat, dehiscent 10-15 seeded; stipe glabrous. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

  • Flower

  • Leaves

  • Leaves

  • Seeds

  • Pod

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 56.
  2. ↑ Plant morphology

See also

External Links

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