Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bauhinia purpurea L. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acanomantarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acanomantaraimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acuvacampurappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavi avishi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arelu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aroe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arputaveni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atmatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basavanapadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bodanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bodanta chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
butterfly tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
camarikah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camel's foot tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
camel’s foot tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chovanna-mandaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chovannamandaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuvnnamandaram	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
cikappu mantarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
compucikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
compucikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvannamandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dev kanchan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deva kaanchana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deva-kasla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devakaanchanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devakancanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devakanchana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devakanjanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devana kanchana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dvakanchana	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
gairal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
geramium tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
go bi da ra (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
godetta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
godugura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guiral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gural	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gurial	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guriyal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guriyala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guryal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hóng huā zǐ jīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hóng zǐ jīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jhinjhora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaanchanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachanar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachnar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalarviluti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalavilaichi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaliaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaliar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancanarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchivaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchivala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchuvaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancivala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaniar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanjanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanjivala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karial	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppumantarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu mantarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu kanchivaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu kanchuvaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu mandaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukanchavala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukancivala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukanjivala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempumandaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempumandara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khairwaal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khairwal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
ko bi da ra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ko bid dri (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koilaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
koilari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koinar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koiral	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
koliar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
korval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kovidaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kovidara	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kovidarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koyilara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kvoral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kwieyal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kwiryal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal kachnar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal karal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lǎo bái huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maha-hlega-byu	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
maha-hlega-ni	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mahayamalapatrakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makkuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancaltarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancaltaraimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandareh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandharai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandun	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
mantarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mantharai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mawai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutiraikkali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilattiruvatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orchid tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paddaare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palo de orqujdeas	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pata de vaca	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
peddaare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periyavatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pie de cabra	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pink bauhinia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
poor man's orchid	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
punkaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purapicam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purple bauhinia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
purple horse's foot tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
purple mountain-ebony	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
purple orchid tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ragtachandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ragthachandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakta kaanchanaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rakta kanchan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rakta kanchanara	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
raktakanchan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktakovidara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktapushpakovidara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktha kaanchan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktha mandaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathu koboleela	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sarul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
segappumandarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivappu mandaarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sona	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sonachal	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
suvannamandaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
swe-daw	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
swedaw-ni	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
swetakancanara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambdo-apto	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamrapuspah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanki	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
tapak kuda	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapak kuda ungu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
uleppe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulipe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulittikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanaraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
yàn zǐ jīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yáng tí jiǎ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yáng zǐ jīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
රතු කොබෝළීල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
洋紫荆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红紫荆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红花紫荆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羊蹄甲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
老白花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
艳紫荆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower, Bark		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Bark, Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Flowers, root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flower		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Bark, flower		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bark, flower, buds, stem, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Bark (Stem)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bauhinia castrata Blanco Fl. Filip.: 331 (1837).
Bauhinia coromandeliana DC. Prodr. 2: 515 (1825).
Bauhinia rosea Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 72 (1873), nom. illeg.
Bauhinia triandra Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 320 (1832).
Bauhinia violacea Corner Wayside Trees: 383 (1940), nom. illeg.
Caspareopsis purpurea (L.) Pittier in H.F.Pittier & al., Cat. Fl. Venez. 1: 363 (1945).
Phanera purpurea (L.) Benth. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 262 (1852).
Bauhinia kurzii Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 499 (1897).
Bauhinia purpurea var. corneri de Wit Reinwardtia 3: 409 (1956).
Bauhinia purpurea var. violacea de Wit Reinwardtia 3: 409 (1956).
Casparia castrata (Blanco) Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 288 (1844).
Perlebia purpurea (L.) A.Schmitz Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 43: 382 (1973).
Perlebia purpurea var. corneri (de Wit) A.Schmitz Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 43: 383 (1973).
Perlebia purpurea var. violacea (de Wit) A.Schmitz Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 43: 383 (1973).
Phanera kurzii (Prain) Thoth. Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 19: 133 (1967).
Phanera rosea Rich. ex Teijsm. & Binn. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 268 (1866), nom. nud.
Telestria purpurea (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 122 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bahuinia purpurea L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bauhinia castrata Blanco	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bauhinia coromandeliana DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bauhinia purperea	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Bauhinia purpurea	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Bauhinia purpurea L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Bauhinia purpurea Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Bauhinia purpurea Wall.	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Bauhinia rosea Corner	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bauhinia triandra Roxb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bauhinia violacea Corner	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Caspareopsis purpurea (L.)Pittier	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Phanera purpurea (L.)Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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