kancanara rakta :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species: Bauhinia variegata

Allied species:

-The botanical name of white flower bearing species is Bauhinia variegata and for purple/pink flower is Bauhinia purpurea (Lal Kachnar). Botanical name of yellow flower bearing species is Bauhinia tomentosa and in India, it is distributed in Southern India, Assam and Bihar. Yellow Kachnar or Yellow Bauhinia is small tree with large yellow flowers.

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: kancanara, kancan, pakari, kovidara, dalak, canari, pitpushpa, girij, yugmaputra, mahapushpa, karbudara
English: mountain ebony , Butterfly ash, Camels foot tree
Hindi: Kachnar , Kachanar, Kanchanar
Urdu: Kachnal
Telugu: Devakanchanamu
Bengali: Kachnar
Marathi: Kovidara, Kanchana , Raktakancana
Konkani: Kudo, Tembri, Kanchan, Kotra, Kachnal
Oriya: Borodu ,Kachana, Kaniara
Gujarathi: Champakati, Kanchnar, Kachnar
Tamil: Mantharai , Sigappu mandarai, Sihappu mantarai
Malayalam: Koral, Kanchan , Chuvanna Mandharam
Kannada: Basavanpada , Keyumandar, Kanchavala
Punjabi: Kanchnar
Sindhi: باونيا وياريگاتا
Munda: Burju, Buruju
Santal: Zinjar, Jingya, Burujudare, Kouar
Arabic: بوهينيا ملونه
Spanish: - (flamboyán orquídea,palo de orquídeas)
Assamese: Kancan, Kanchan
Japanese: -youtheibok (Mt. yotei wood
Chinese: -Yang ti jia.
French: Arbe de saint Thomas
German: - Bunte Bauhinie, Buntfarbene Vauhinie.
Burma: Bwechin
Nepal: Koiralo.
Persian: -bauhinia variegata به
Sinhalese: -Koboleela

Varities:

Kula: Shimbikula; Upakula: Putikaranja

Varga/Classification

Charaka Samhita- Vamanopaga varga, Shaka varga;

Susruta Samhita- Urdhvabhagahara,Pushpa varga, Kashayamadhura shaka varga.

Bhavmishra described Kovidara & Kanchanarnas two varieties. But Dhanvantari & Raj Nighantu

mention the two names synonymous. However Tamrapushpa synonym is given to Kovidara by

bhavmishra. In Shivadatta Kosha, it is described that Kanchanara possess red flowers & grown to

limited height, on the other hand, kovidara possess the white flowers, strong branches.

Kovidara & Karbudara are described in the samhitas. Chakrapani quoted that the flowering of Kovidar & Karbudara occurs in Sharada & Vasant rutu respectively. (C.S.K.2)