Aapta (Kannada: ಅಪ್ತಾ)

Leguminosae or Fabaceae s. l. (legume, pea, or bean family) » Bauhinia racemosa

 

baw-HIN-ee-uh -- named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists

ray-see-MO-suh -- meaning, having flower cluster in raceme

 

commonly known as: sona-tree • Hindi: कठमूली katmauli • Kannada: ಅಪ್ತಾ aapta, ಅರಳುಕದುಮನ್ದರ aralukadumandara • Konkani: आप्टो apto • Malayalam: അരംപാലി arampaali, കുടബുളി kutabuli, മലയത്തി malayaththi • Marathi: अपटा apta, सोना sona • Sanskrit: यमलपत्रक yamalapatrakah, युग्मपत्र yugmapatra • Tamil: ஆத்தி atti, தாதகி tataki • Telugu: తెల్ల ఆరెచెట్టు tella arecettu

 

Native to: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Yunnan, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

 

 

Reference: Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh

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