Bauhinia VARIEGATA L.
| Synonym : | Bauhinia chinensis (Dc.) Vogel Bauhinia decora Uribe. Bauhinia variegata var. variegate. Phanera variegata (L.) Benth |
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| Bangla Name : | Raktakanchan, Tulla, Kanchan. |
| English Name : | Budhist bauhinia, Mountain Ebony, Orchid tree. |
| Family : | Caesalpinaeae |
| Disease : | Laxative, anthelmintic, tonic, biliousness, leprosy, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, tubercular glands, asthma, wounds, ulcers, tumours, bronchitis, consumption, biliousness, headache, diarrhoea, dysentery and worms. |
| Description : | A small to medium-sized deciduous tree. Leaves as broad as or rather broader than long, deeply cordate, 2-lobed. Flowers large fragrant, in short axillary or terminal, few-flowered, grey-pubscent corymbs, petals 4-5 cm long, obovate, clawed, much exerted, white, beautifully variegated with red and yellow, sometimes pure white. Pods 15-30 cm long, hard, flat. |
| Distribution : | Commonly planted as an ornamental plant. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Quercitroside, isoquercitroside and rutoside have been isolated from plant. Seeds contain myricetol glycosides. Flowers contain kaempferol glycosdes, and stem contains 5,7-dihydroxyflavanone-4?-O-?-L-rhamnopyranosyl-?-D-glucopyranoside (Rastogi & Mehrotra |
| Uses : | The bark is alterative, laxative, anthelmintic, tonic to the liver and astringent to the bowels, cures biliousness, leprosy, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, tubercular glands, asthma, wounds and ulcers, used in strangury, thirst and burning sensation, as a ga |
| Habit : | Tree |