Bauhinia purpurea, Chuvannamandaram, Arampuli, Purple Bauhinia, ചുവന്നമന്ദാരം, ആരംപുളി

Family: Fabaceae
Vernacular names: Chuvannamandaram, Arampuli, ചുവന്നമന്ദാരം, ആരംപുളി (Malayalam), Purple Bauhinia (English), Kanchan (Sanskrit), Kaliar (Hindi), Kattumantarai (Tamil)
Distribution: Native of South East Asia
Description: Small trees. Leaves bilobed, coriaceous. Inflorescence few flowered panicles at the ends of the branchlets. Flowers pedicellate, purple. Pod broad, long; seeds almost round, brown, smooth.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Often cultivated
Flowering & Fruiting: September-December

Parts used: Bark and flower bud
Properties & Uses: Laxative, anthelmintic and antiinflammatory. Decoction pf the stem bark is used to treat diarrhoea, ulcers, swellings leprosy, cough and menstrual disorders. Flower buds are used in haemorrhagic diseases, leucorrhoea and cough. The decoction of the bark taken orally twice a day for curing coughs and related diseases.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Tibetan.
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