- Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
- Synonym(s) : Phanera purpurea (L.) Benth.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bauhinia purpurea L.
- Common name : Purple Orchid Tree, Purple Bauhinia, Butterfly tree, Camel's foot tree, Geranium tree, Orchid tree
- Vernacular name :
- Gulabi kachnar, Kaliari, Khairwal (Hindi)
- Manimandhara, Basavana Paada (Kannada)
- Mandari (Tamil)
- Kanchanam (Telugu)
- Borda, Barada, Kundadi, Kuilari (Oria)
- Chuvannamandara (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Deciduous forest, Planted
- Comments / notes : Occasional on plains to 1000m. Often planted.
- Key identification features : Moderate-sized evergreen tree; Flowers rose to purple, showy; Pod glabrous, flat.
- Flower, Fruit : February-December; Fruits throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Gangadharaiah D.P
- Collection Date : 24/08/1975
- Collection Nos : SJC 1
- Collection Locality : Bangalore
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagara district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagere district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Palghar district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Bankura, Burdwan, Malda, Murshidabad, Purulia
- Himachal Pradesh : Shimla district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 173
- K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
- P. S. N. Rao, P. M. Padhey, B. K. Sinha, H. S. Debnath, P. Lakshminarasimhan, & L. N. Ray. (1999). Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands (Vol. 1). Director, Botanical Survey of India.
- Read more :
- Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bauhinia purpurea
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Bauhinia purpurea. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.
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