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Botanical Name: Bauhinia variegata
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: कांचन
Etymology - Genus: Named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, 16th century physicians and botanists.
Etymology - Species: (of a plant or foliage) having or consisting of leaves that are edged or patterned in a second colour, especially white as well as green.
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Sarda Math - Pune
Description: Mid size tree with smooth gray bark.Simple leaf, alternate-spiral.Palm size bilobed leaf. Width of the leaf more than its length.Large size flowers occur in varied colours - pink, white, magenta, lavender.Sepals are fused, appearing as single large sepal forming a bud. 5 broad, overlapping petals, with very bright innermost petal and 5 stamen, distinctive feature from B perpuria.Long flat pods, distinct from B blakeana which don’t bare pods.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Smooth gray bark
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Mid size tree with smooth gray bark.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, alternate-spiral.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Bilobed
Lamina Bases: Cordate
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Emerginate
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Palm size bilobed leaf. Width of the leaf more than its length.
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Single Flower
Bract:
Inflorescence Description:
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Imbricate
Flower Description: Large size flowers occur in varied colours - pink, white, magenta, lavender.
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement:
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament: Variable length
Androecium Union of Stamens:
Androecium Number of Stamens: 5
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 1
Floral Parts Description: Sepals are fused, appearing as single large sepal forming a bud. 5 broad, overlapping petals, with very bright innermost petal and 5 stamen, distinctive feature from B perpuria.
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Fruit type: Legume
Fruit type Description: Long flat pods, distinct from B blakeana which don’t bare pods.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method:
Preprocessing for germination: Keep seeds in water till they become swollen.
Germination time:
Seed shelf life:
Germination %: Very easy to germinate
Seed Description:
