Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Bauhinia scandens
Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
Genus: Bauhinia
Botanical name: Bauhinia scandens
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit:
Hindi: Nagbeli
English: Snake Climber, Snake Bauhinia, Monkey ladders, Monkey’s staircase
Malayalam: Nagavalli, Naga-mu-valli, Nagatalli
Genus: Bauhinia
Botanical name: Bauhinia scandens
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit:
Hindi: Nagbeli
English: Snake Climber, Snake Bauhinia, Monkey ladders, Monkey’s staircase
Malayalam: Nagavalli, Naga-mu-valli, Nagatalli
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Lianas, mature stem twisted regularly and ultimately splitting along the middle; tendrils leaf-opposed, young shoots glabrous. Leaves lobed to 1/3 of their length, lobes caudate-acuminate, membranous, glabrous, to 10 x 7 cm; basally 5-7 nerved. Flowers clustered on the branches of terminal panicles. Calyx lobes ovoid, 1 mm long. Petals white, oblong, 3 mm long. Pods oblong, flat, narrowed and oblique at base, to 5 x 2.5 cm; seeds 1 or 2. This medicinal palnt is used for treating all kind of toxines in the body.