Bauhinia racemosa

• Botanical Name : Bauhinia racemosa Lam.
• Synonyms : Bauhinia parviflora Vahl
• Common Name : Asundro, Bidi Leaf Tree
• Plant Family : Caesalpiniaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 28
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra

About Bauhinia racemosa Plant :

• Habit : A small crooked tree.
• Leaves : Simple, divided into 2 rounded lobes broader than long, green and glabrous above, white and hairy below, base cordate.
• Inflorescence : Terminal or leaf opposed racemes.
• Flowers :
  • Bracteate, bracts linear, acute.
  • Calyx hairy, tube short, reflexed.
  • Petals narrowly oblanceolate, white or pale yellow.
  • Stamens 10, all fertile, filaments hairy at base.
  • Ovary hairy, stigma sessile.
• Fruit : Pods stalked, blunt above, tapering below, 12-20 seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : May - June
• Significance :
  • The sacred plant of the Hindus, worshipped at the Dashera festival.
  • The leaves are used to prepare bidis.