✿Caesalpiniaceae · Bauhinia
Bauhinia retusa
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bauhinia retusa
- Genus
- Bauhinia
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Punjab, Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Puducherry, Mizoram, Manipur, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Nagaland, Tripura, Chandigarh
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bilobed (two leaflets, often butterfly-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bauhinia retusa itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bauhinia retusa itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- பபேசியே
- Telugu
- ఫాబేసి
- Kannada
- ಚಪ್ಪರದವರೆ
- Malayalam
- ഫാബേസീ
- Marathi
- फबासिए
- Sinhala
- රනිල කුලය
About Bauhinia retusa
Bauhinia retusa belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 31 other states.
Botanical family
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Bauhinia retusa belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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