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Bauhinia acuminata L. (Syn: Bauhinia candida sensu auct. (Misapplied); Bauhinia grandiflora sensu auct. (Misapplied); Bauhinia linnaei Ali; Bauhinia tomentosa sensu auct. (Misapplied));
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Dwarf White Bauhinia, White Orchid-tree or Snowy Orchid-tree, Dwarf White orchid tree, Dwarf white bauhinia • Hindi: सफ़ेद कचनार Safed Kachnar • Manipuri: চিঙথ্ৰাও অঙৌবা Chingthrao angouba • Tamil: வெள்ளை மந்தாரை Vellai mandaarai • Malayalam: Mandaaram • Kannada: Kanchan • Assamese: Mati-katota • Sanskrit: शिवमल्ली Sivamalli • ‘Shwet Kachnar’ ‘श्वेत कचनार’ in Marathi;
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baw-HIN-ee-uh — named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists
ah-kew-min-AY-tuh — tapering to a long point . Native to: Malaysia; now widely cultivated in the Asian tropics
. Shrub up to 4 m tall; leaves simple, ovate or subrotund, up to 20 cm long, lobed up to 1/3, lobes acute to acuminate; flowers white, 8-10 cm across, in short lateral racemes; bract 4-8 mm long; pedicel up to 2 cm long with 2 about 3 mm long bracteoles slightly below the middle; calyx spathaceous, 25-30 mm long; petals lanceolate to ovate, 4-6 cm long; stamens 10, fertile; pod 8-14 cm long.
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… most probably is Bauhinia acuminata, native of s-e Asia, planted widely in tropics for its ornamental value. It surely looks like Bauhinia acuminata     Prized beauty of the flower world – Dwarf White orchid tree: Surely a prized beauty of the flower world awash with the November rains!
Dwarf White orchid tree, Bauhinia acuminata
Bauhinia acuminata from Hooghly: Since last week noticing that these trees are now in full bloom, captured one today.
Species : Bauhinia acuminata L.
Habit & Habitat : small tree, private garden
Date : 05-05-12, 1.41 p.m.
Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly), WB
efloraindia: Bauhinia acuminata: Sharing the images of Bauhinia acuminata from Coimbatore.
Location: Peelamedu, Coimbatore.
Habitat: Garden
Habit: Shrub.
Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) :: Bauhinia acuminata at Thane: Bauhinia acuminata L.
baw-HIN-ee-uh — named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists
ah-kew-min-AY-tuh — tapering to a long point Apr 1, 2007 … residence garden, Vaghbil, Thane
Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Bauhinia acuminata Pune: Bauhinia acuminata White flowers. Important featiures : Non native. Planted in gardens.Stamens 10.
I wonder who gave the apt name Dwarf orchid tree.
Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) Week: Bauhinia acuminata from Delhi: Bauhinia acuminata L., Sp. pl. 1:375. 1753 Common name: dwarf white bauhinia
Shrub up to 4 m tall; leaves simple, ovate or subrotund, up to 20 cm long, lobed up to 1/3, lobes acute to acuminate; flowers white, 8-10 cm across, in short lateral racemes; bract 4-8 mm long; pedicel up to 2 cm long with 2 about 3 mm long bracteoles slightly below the middle; calyx spathaceous, 25-30 mm long; petals lanceolate to ovate, 4-6 cm long; stamens 10, fertile; pod 8-14 cm long.
Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi Calyx spathaceous….is an important character which is lacking in most of our pictures. I will check from my photos whether I have it. Here it is … Young flowers with spathaceous calyx
Bauhinia acuminata L. (accepted name) : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Location: AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
Date: 20 May 2016
Altitude: 40 ft.
Nice pics and rightly identified
Bauhinia acuminata :: TMC Biodiversity Park :: 15 APR 18 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 2 images.
TMC Biodiversity Park Thane Date: April 15, 2018 … Altitude: about 15 m (50 feet) asl
Bauhinia acuminata L.
Re: Bauhinia acuminata from Rajnagar,Kumarghat,Tripura : 3 posts by 3 authors. 3 images.
Kindly confirm
ID is correct.                    
Flower2 for ID – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Bauhinia acuminata – efloraofindia | Google Groups .
ID – 002: 1 image. Struggling for ID’s, so please help !!
Location : Mumbai, Maharashtra
Date Taken : February / March 2021
You mentioned in all your postings that you are struggling for ID. It seems need as early as possible. But such cropped photographs are difficult to ID correctly and often lead to mistakes. Please post the habit picture and foliage. Bauhinia acuminata L. ! I too agree with … . References:
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