Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Bauhinia | Species: Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.( मालजन ) |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Malu, Malghari | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Climbing Bauhinia | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Maljan | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up To 1300 M | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit a pod; podss flat, woody, rusty – velvety, seeds 8 – 12, flat, suborbicular, dark brown |
| Habitat | Abundant, miscellaneous Forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Submontane Himalaya, Central And Western India, Nepal, Bhutan | Bark Details | Dark Gray Or Light Gray, Scaly Or Smooth |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Bi-lobed | ||
| Description of Species | Large woody climbers,upto 40 m high, often climbing from one plant to other branches densely pubescent, ending to into circinate, rusty tomentose tendrils. Leaves broad as long, cleft deep, glabrous when mature, densely tomentose beneath, base 11 – 15 nerved. Flowers white, in terminal corumbose racemes calyx cylindrical,limb splitting into 2 – lobes, rusty – tomentose. Petals ovate. Stamens 3. Pods flat, woody, rusty – velvety, seeds 8 – 12, flat, suborbicular, dark brown. | Leaf Details | Leaves broad as long, cleft deep, glabrous when mature, densely tomentose beneath, base 11 – 15 nerved. |
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