I too stand for B. malabarica. Please taste the leaf and see whether it is sour in taste, though some other Bauhinia leaves also taste sour, leaves of B. malabarica has a "high degree" of sour taste compare to all other species. The malayalam name for this species is Aarampuli (puli in Malayalam/Tamil means 'sour).
Further, to confirm we need to have flowers! Please check the same @ http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Malabar%20Bauhinia.html Regards Giby On Jul 16, 12:43 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “This *may be Bauhinia purpurea * > -- > Dr. Satish Kumar Chile” > > “The seeds seem to be ovoid and not flat. If the leaves are 7-9 nerved > this *could be B. malabarica* and if they are 15-17 nerved this could be > B. foveolata. *Are the pods purplish red? Is the plant in a wild > habitat? I can barely see that leaves are 7-9 nerved. Pls provide this > information for ID*” from Shrikant ji. > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: prasanna gogate <[email protected]> > Date: 5 April 2011 16:39 > Subject: [efloraofindia:66415] please id the plant of bauhinia > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Avinash < > > [email protected]> > > dear all > it species of Bauhinia > collected from dapoli/ratnagiri/maharashtra > habit------------tree > leaf-----107mm X 70mm > pedicel---------44.80mm > pod-------------300mm > seed------------- > thickness-----3.20mm > length-------6.44mm > > seeds are chocolaty.floss is covered with soft cover. please help in ID > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected])http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & > place-wise):http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also > use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google > e-group:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(more than 1630 members > & > 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia > website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database > of > around 5000 species) > > > > DSC02991.JPG > 201KViewDownload > > DSC02984.JPG > 261KViewDownload > > DSC02997.JPG > 191KViewDownload
