Bauhinia vahlii
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| Bauhinia vahlii | |
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| Flower in Ananthagiri Hills, in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Bauhinia |
| Species: | B. vahlii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arnott, 1834 |
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Bauhinia vahlii, (syn. Bauhinia racemosa, Phanera vahlii), is a perennial creeper of the Caesalpiniaceae family native to the Indian subcontinent.
[edit] Distribution
Bauhinia vahlii is found from Sikkim and Nepal across India and Punjab, Pakistan.
[edit] Local names
In Hindi, it is called मालू malu, but also mahul, jallaur and jallur. In Nepali it is called भोर्ला bhorla.
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