Scientific Name: Bauhinia purpurea L.
Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Pea Or Bean Family)
Vernacular name: Chuvannamandara
(Malayalam)
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Deciduous forest
and Planted
Trbal name: Katumandaram
(Paniya)
Distribution: Southeast
Asia, India
Tribal consumers:
Paniya
Parts Used:
Leaf (After cooking)
Seasonal Availability:
February-December; Fruits throughout the year
Key identification features: Moderate-sized
evergreen tree with smooth, fibrous bark. Leaves deeply divided, resembling a
cow's foot. Flowers pink, fragrant, in axillary or terminal racemes. Fruit is oblong
and compressed pods, many-seeded, with a flat, woody structure that coils after
splitting open.
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