Yes Dinesh ji, some cultivar of B. purpurea. Narrow petals and 3 stamens are distinctive.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > Kadus ji, ... *Bauhinia purpurea* ... commonly known as: butterfly tree, > orchid tree, purple bauhinia • Assamese: kurial, kanchan, og-yok • Bengali: > koiral, রক্তকাঞ্চন raktakanchana • Garo: megong • Gujarati: દેવકંચન > devkanchan • Hindi: कांचन kanchan, लाल कचनार lal kachnar, केवनार kevnar • > Kannada: devakanchan, kanjivala, kempu mandaara • Khasi: dieng long • > Malayalam: chovanna-mandaru, suvannamandaram • Manipuri: chingthao angangba > • Marathi: देवकांचन devakanchan, रक्तकांचन raktakanchan • Mizoram: vaube, > vaufavang • Oriya: vaube, borodo • Sanskrit: देवकांचन devakanchan, रक्तकांचन > raktakanchan, रक्तकोविदार raktakovidara • Tamil: மந்தாரை mandarai, > நீலத்திருவத்தி nilattiruvatti • Telugu: bodanta, దేవకాంచనము devakanjanamu, > kanchanam > > > Regards. > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:33 PM, arvind kadus > <agastiayur...@yahoo.co.in>wrote: > >> Bauhinia species.. >> In Pasarani Ghat towards mahabaleshwar, left side near the temple. >> There is no flowering I have seen on Bauhinias in other places, But this >> plant is full of flowers in middle of August. >> Flowers- White in colour having pink tinge. >> stamens 3 fertile. >> >> >
