Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Bauhinia semla Wunderlin

Family: Caesalpiniaceae Genus: Bauhinia Species: Bauhinia semla Wunderlin( कांडला, सेमला )

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Synonym Bauhinia retusa Roxb.,Phaneraretusa(Roxb.)Benth. Flower Color White
Common Name Kandla, Semla, Chakera, Karial Flower Type Panicle
English / Trade Name White Orchid Tree Flowering Period Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name Kandla, Semla Fruiting Period Jan-March
Altitude Up to 1200 m Fruit Type Pod
Habit Tree Fruit Details Pods short stalked, oblong or oblanceolate, flat, firm, splitting open quite late. Seeds are 6-8, flat, circular, dark-brown, smooth.
Habitat Common; dominant plant of miscellaneous forests, N.W. submontane Himalayas to Nepal. Bark Type Exfoliating
Distribution Native to northern India, northern Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh . Bark Details Dark brown
Distribution in Haryana Morni-Pinjore Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Bi-lobed
Description of Species Deciduous trees, upto 20 m high, bark dark – brown. Leaves compound, rigidly subcoriaceous, broader than long, entire to shallow cleft only at the tip, base cordatem. Flowers white (dotted pink), on corymbosely branched, terminal panicles, bracts small. Calyx nearly split to the base into 2 – 3 segments. Stamens 10,. Ovary stipitate, densely hairy. Pods 10, flat, deep red when immature, glabrous, hard. Seeds dark – brown, smooth. Leaf Details . Leaves compound, rigidly subcoriaceous, broader than long, entire to shallow cleft only at the tip, base cordatem.
 

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