KANCANARA
Botanical Name— Bauhinia purpurea Linn.
Family- CAECALPINOIDEAE
Names in different languages
Hindi-Kachanara; Bengali- Kancana; Punjabi-Kulad, Kachanala; Marathi- Koral; Telugu- Devakanchanamu ,Tamil –Mandare, Gujarati- Champakati., Malayalam—mandharam
Synonyms—Gandări, sonapuspaka, Kăńcanaka, Kovidăra, Karbudăra, Svalpa
Kesari, Yugapatraka, Camarikă.
Introduction— Kovidăra is the original name using for Kăńcanăra during the Vedic and Samhita periods. It show its action on lymphadenitis
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