Bauhinia malabarica ♂

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear friends,

 

Bauhinia malabarica, (syn. Piliostigma malabaricum) a deciduous tree, and dioecious.

Not found commonly in Maharashtra ... I am attaching a few photos of the male plant.

For more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Bauhiniamalabarica&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags

 

Findings as follows:

10 OCT 09 -- Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
28 SEP 09 -- Saphale Ghat
30 SEP 07 -- Nagla block of Sanjay Gandhi National Park

 

 

commonly known as: Malabar bauhinia • Assamese: kotra • Bengali: karmai • Garo: bakbakhol, beolphiu, migong thak • Hindi: अम्ली amli • Kannada: ಬಸವನಪಾದ basavanapaada • Konkani: कोरट korat • Malayalam: ആരമ്പുളി aarampuli • Marathi: अम्ली amli, कोरळ koral • Nepalese: टाँकी tanki • Oriya: gumbati • Sanskrit: अम्लपत्रः amlapatrah, अश्मन्तक ashmantaka, अश्मयुक्त ashmayukta, यमलपत्रः yamalapatrah • Tamil: மலையாத்தி malai-y-atti, புளியாத்தி puli-y-atti • Telugu: పులి చింత puli chinta

 

 

Earlier misidentified it to be Bauhinia thonningii ... it appears in my response to Rashida ji's post "Bauhinia foveolata -- Chamoli" at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b4230a4a8f471151?hl=en

Many thanks to Ingalhalikar ji for correcting me.

 

Regards.

 

 

[Vijayadas D]

Dear all,

 

It is the first time  I am hearing about male plant of Bauhinia

Riyadh-11462,PBNO-7210
KSA
vijayadas.wetpaint.com

Ferns are funniest plants..............!!!!!

[Neil Soares]

Hi Dinesh,  Great photographs!!!  Just for your information - an easy way to differentiate Bauhinia malabarica from the other Bauhinias is to taste the leaves. They taste a bit like Imli [Tamarind].                  Regards,                    Neil.   --- On Thu, 10/29/09, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Dinesh Valke]

Vijayadas ji, the other already posted of Bauhinia foveolata at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b4230a4a8f471151?hl=en

(by Rashida ji): female plant

(by me and Neil ji): male plant.

Regards.

[rashida atthar]

 
Thanks Dinesh ji for posting this new species for us. Are the flowers fragrant?
 
regards,
Rashida.

 

 

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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:33:09 +0300
Subject: [indiantreepix:21775] Re: Bauhinia malabarica ♂
From: vijay...@gmail.com
To: dinesh...@gmail.com
CC: indian...@googlegroups.com

[Dinesh Valke]

.. always get embarrassed at that fragrant question :)

I always forget to smell. Next time I will.

... have promised that earlier times :-)

 

Regards.