fruits & vegetables :: NATIVE, WILD :: Fabaceae » Bauhinia racemosa

[Dinesh Valke]

Fabaceae (legume, pea, or bean family) » Bauhinia racemosa
Synonyms: Piliostigma racemosa, Piliostigma racemosum


baw-HIN-ee-uh -- named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists
ray-see-MO-suh -- having flower cluster in raceme


commonly known as: sona-tree • Gujarati: આપ્ટો apto • Hindi: कठमूली katmauli • Kannada: ಅಪ್ತಾ aapta, ಅರಳುಕದುಮನ್ದರ aralukadumandara • Konkani: आप्टो apto • Malayalam: അരംപാലി arampaali, കുടബുളി kutabuli, മലയത്തി malayaththi • Marathi: अपटा apta, सोना sona • Nepalese: तरुल tarul • Sanskrit: यमलपत्रक yamalapatrakah, युग्मपत्र yugmapatra • Tamil: ஆத்தி atti, தாதகி tataki • Telugu: తెల్ల ఆరెచెట్టు tella arecettu


Native to: s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China


Edible use (WILD):

... tender shoots and flowers (as vegetable) ... Ethnoleaflets