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Internal ID UUID643fd6c196d0a018493568
Scientific name Piliostigma malabaricum
Authority (Roxb.) Benth.
First published in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 261 (1852)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Bauhinia platyphylla Span.
Bauhinia malabarica Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 321 (1832)
Bauhinia acida Reinw. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot.: 86 (1841)
Bauhinia rugulosa Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind.1(1): 73 (1855)
Piliostigma acidum (Korth.) Benth. F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 261 (1852)
Bauhinia malabarica var. reniformis Baker J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India2: 277 (1878)
Bauhinia hawkesiana F.M.Bailey Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 15: 897 (1921)
Pauletia acida (Korth.) Hassk.
Casparea castrata (Hassk.) Hassk.
Bauhinia baueriana Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 191 (1840)
Bauhinia reniformis Royle ex Baker J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India2: 277 (1878)
Piliostigma malabaricum var. acidum (Reinw. ex Korth.) de Wit Reinwardtia3: 531 (1956)
Piliostigma malabaricum var. reniforme (Royle ex Baker) Thoth. Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal19: 131 (1967)
Bauhinia castrata Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 54 (1842)
Bauhinia bacuria Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List : n.° 5793 (1831)
Bauhinia platyphylla Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 201 (1841)
Bauhinia purpurea DC. ex Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 448 (1852)

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Language Common/alternative name
Assamese টেঙা কঁটৰা
Malayalam ആരംപുളി

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  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Philippines
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000170380
Tropicos 13067033
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:158211-3
The Plant List ild-1666
Open Tree Of Life 3916423
NCBI Taxonomy 1288007
IPNI 158211-3
GBIF 2947990
EPPO BAUML
EOL 638430
USDA GRIN 463148
Wikipedia Piliostigma_malabaricum

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Underutilized legumes: nutrient status and advanced breeding approaches for qualitative and quantitative enhancement Samal I, Bhoi TK, Raj MN, Majhi PK, Murmu S, Pradhan AK, Kumar D, Paschapur AU, Joshi DC, Guru PN Front Nutr 18-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10232757
doi:10.3389/fnut.2023.1110750
PMID:37275642
Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India? Kumar BM Agrofor Syst 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10081327
doi:10.1007/s10457-023-00821-7
PMID:37193256
In Vitro Selective Antibacterial and Antiproliferative Effects of Ethanolic Extracts from Cambodian and Philippine Plants Used in Folk Medicine for Diarrhea Treatment Kudera T, Fiserova B, Korytakova M, Doskocil I, Salmonova H, Tulin EE, Nguon S, Bande MM, Kokoska L Front Pharmacol 26-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8661004
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.746808
PMID:34899301
Wild food plants and fungi sold in the markets of Luang Prabang, Lao PDR Łuczaj Ł, Lamxay V, Tongchan K, Xayphakatsa K, Phimmakong K, Radavanh S, Kanyasone V, Pietras M, Karbarz M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7835671
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00423-y
PMID:33499871
Seed Rain, Soil Seed Bank, and Seedling Emergence Indicate Limited Potential for Self-Recovery in a Highly Disturbed, Tropical, Mixed Deciduous Forest Chalermsri A, Ampornpan LA, Purahong W Plants (Basel) 20-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7589040
doi:10.3390/plants9101391
PMID:33092026
Medicinal plants species used by herbalists in the treatment of snakebite envenomation in Uganda Okot DF, Anywar G, Namukobe J, Byamukama R Trop Med Health 05-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7273665
doi:10.1186/s41182-020-00229-4
PMID:32518500
Comparative ecological and behavioral study of Macaca assamensis and M. mulatta in Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Nepal Khatiwada S, Paudel PK, Chalise MK, Ogawa H Primates 16-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7347691
doi:10.1007/s10329-020-00810-9
PMID:32180044
Ethnomedicinal Uses of Plant Resources in the Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality of Kaski District, Nepal Adhikari M, Thapa R, Kunwar RM, Devkota HP, Poudel P Medicines (Basel) 23-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6630641
doi:10.3390/medicines6020069
PMID:31234605
Indigenous uses of ethnomedicinal plants among forest-dependent communities of Northern Bengal, India Raj AJ, Biswakarma S, Pala NA, Shukla G, Vineeta, Kumar M, Chakravarty S, Bussmann RW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5787290
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0208-9
PMID:29373997
Pharmacological credence of the folklore use of Bauhinia malabarica in the management of jaundice Thenmozhi K, Anusuya N, Ajmal Ali M, Jamuna S, Karthika K, Venkatachalapathi A, Al-Hemaid FM, Farah MA, Paulsamy S Saudi J Biol Sci 04-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5775108
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.08.001
PMID:29379351
Large Scale Screening of Ethnomedicinal Plants for Identification of Potential Antibacterial Compounds Panda SK, Mohanta YK, Padhi L, Park YH, Mohanta TK, Bae H Molecules 14-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC6274442
doi:10.3390/molecules21030293
PMID:26985889
Medicinal plants used by the Tamang community in the Makawanpur district of central Nepal Luitel DR, Rokaya MB, Timsina B, Münzbergová Z J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 10-Jan-2014
PMCID:PMC3904474
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-5
PMID:24410808
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Flora in Forest, Grassland and Common Land Ecosystems of Western Chitwan, Nepal DANGOL DR, MAHARJAN KL Kokusai Kyoryoku Kenkyushi 30-Jun-2012
PMCID:PMC4106148
PMID:25061414
Screening for estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities of plants growing in Egypt and Thailand El-Halawany AM, El Dine RS, Chung MH, Nishihara T, Hattori M Pharmacognosy Res 01-Apr-2011
PMCID:PMC3129019
doi:10.4103/0974-8490.81958
PMID:21772754
SPECIES COMPOSITION, DISTRIBUTION, LIFE FORMS AND FOLK NOMENCLATURE OF FOREST AND COMMON LAND PLANTS OF WESTERN CHITWAN, NEPAL Dangol DR J Inst Agric Anim Sci 01-Jan-2005
PMCID:PMC3434227
PMID:22962539

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