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 racemosa Lam.( कचनार ) |
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| Synonym | Piliostigma Racemosum (Lam- Arck) Benth., Piliostigma Parviflora (Lam.) Benth. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Kachnar | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Burmese Silk Orchid | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kachnar | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up To 1600 M | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Pod linear-cylindric, valves woody, glabrous; seeds 12–20, Dark Brownish, Ellipsoid |
| Habitat | Common, Dry Exposed Miscellaneous Forests, Especially At The Banks Of Rivers | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Submontane Himalaya And Almost Throughout India, Often Cultivated; Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China And Indomalaysia | Bark Details | Bark blackish, rough; branches spreading or pendulous, zigzag, slender, glabrous. |
| Distribution in Haryana | , Bhiwani, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees, up to 10 m high; Bark dark – brown. Leaves compound, cordate or truncate at base, ovate to orbicular, coriaceous, glabrous or grey pubescent beneath. Flowers white, on lax terminal, leaf opposed, raceme, calyx spathaceous; limb reflexed. petals as long as calyx, white or pale – yellow. Fruit a ods turgid, rigid, falcate, indhiscent; 10 – 20 seeded; seeds compressed, dark red – brown. | Leaf Details | Simple, divided into 2 rounded lobes broader than long, green and glabrous above, white and hairy below, base cordate |
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