COMMON NAME: Iruvatchi
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bauhinia variegata
FAMILY NAME: Caesalpiniaceae
PROPAGATION: Done through seeds, cuttings, or graftings.
- In India B. variegata has been widely used as a medicinal plant in the tribal, Ayurveda,Unani and Homeopathy systems of medicines.
- It is believed to possess anti-tumour,anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-goitrogenic, hepatoprotective and haemagglutination.
- The dried buds are used in the treatment of piles, dysentery, diarrhea and worms.