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Bauhinia acuminata

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Dwarf white bauhinia is a shrub. It grows up to 3 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It is often cultivated as an ornamental and hedge plant in the tropics.

Uses

Acne, Sores, Pimples, Cancer, Diabetes, Thoat infections[1].

Parts Used

Root, Stem Bark, Leaf[1].

Chemical Composition

Phytochemical screening of leaves yielded starch, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, reducing sugars, amino acids, and lignins.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Kanchan, Bilimandara
Hindi Safed Kachnar
Malayalam Mandaaram
Tamil Vellai mandaarai
Telugu Kanchana
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Sivamalli
English Dwarf white orchid tree

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Properties

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

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Succeeds in full sun to partial shade. Prefers a fertile, well-drained but moisture-retentive soil.[4]

Season to grow

Required Ecosystem/Climate

Grows best in a sunny position[ 200 , 652 ]. Prefers a fertile, moisture-retentive but well-drained, sandy, loamy or gravelly soil.[5]

Kind of soil needed

Requires rich well drained soil.[6]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry dipterocarp forest in monsoon regions, Well-drained and sunny places, Dry dipterocarp forests.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.803, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru
  2. Chemical constituents
  3. [Morphology]
  4. Cultivation
  5. Required Ecosystem/Climate
  6. Kind of soil needed

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