Category: Bauhinia

19122020PP2 Which species of Bauhinia?: 2 images. Request for identification. Date: 26th June 2020 Time: 1645 hrs Location- Eco-park, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Habitat- Wild/ maybe planted, on the side of the nature trail/ track Close of leaf in following mail. Close-up of leaves. Bauhinia sp. Leaves matching with tomentosa Resembles Bauhinia tomentosa It can also be Bauhinia […]

Bauhinia variegata ?; . Bauhinia x blakeana :: Hooghly, West Bengal:  Yesterday, I have had a short chat with … (in the ‘facebook’ group ‘Indian Flora’) over the identification of this Bauhinia sp. He identified it as Bauhinia x blakeana or the ‘Hong Kong Orchid Tree’. … also provided me links (given below) of the two […]

Bauhinia purpurea ?;   SK923 01 JAN-2018 : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 MB.  Location: Motel du Mugling, Kurintar, Nepal  Date: 13 July 2017 Altitude: 900 ft. Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.???But seed pods look different ! No it is not Bauhinia vahlii. Any suggestion ? Pl. check  /species/a—l/f/fabaceae/bauhinia/bauhinia-purpurea Does not look like […]

Bauhinia rufescens Lam., Encycl. 1:391. 1785 ; Images by Raman Arunachalam    Bauhinia rufescens is a shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to sem-arid areas of Africa such as the Sahel. It is usually 1–3 meters high but can grow to 8 meters. It appears to have thorns which are actually leafless shoots. Leaves are […]

Bauhinia grandidieri Baill.;      Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae)- Bauhinia grandidieri: This is the Blue Orchid Tree (really a shrub), Bauhinia grandidieri, a native of Madagascar, growing at Fullerton, CA, USA.http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/PHTO0041-2-1.jpg

                               Bauhinia monandra Kurz (Syn: Bauhinia kappleri Sagot; Bauhinia krugii Urb.; Bauhinia porosa Baill.; Bauhinia punctiflora Baker; Bauhinia richardiana Voight; Bauhinia subrotundifolia sensu auct. (misapplied); Caspareopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose; Caspariopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose [Spelling variant]);   Bauhinia monandra is a species of leguminous trees, of the Fabaceae family.[2] Common names include pink […]

Bauhinia x blakeana Dunn; . Keys at HYBRID ORIGIN OF BAUHINIA BLAKEANA (pdf) . As per efi thread: Bauhinia x blakeana has three large stamens (with two smaller ones) unlike five long stamens of Kachnar (Bauhinia variegata). Leaves are also not over-lapping near cleft unlike in Kachnar. . commonly known as: Chinese: 红花羊蹄甲 Hong hua yang […]

Bauhinia variegata L.,  (Syn: Bauhinia chinensis (DC.) Vogel,  Bauhinia decora Uribe, Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Aiton) Corner, Bauhinia variegata var. chinensis DC., Phanera variegata (L.) Benth.;                       (=) Bauhinia alba hort.; (=) Bauhinia variegata var. alboflava de Wit); . Keys at HYBRID ORIGIN OF BAUHINIA BLAKEANA (pdf) . As per efi thread: Bauhinia x blakeana has three large […]

Bauhinia tomentosa L. (syn: Alvesia bauhinioides Welw.; Alvesia tomentosa (L.) Britton & Rose; Bauhinia pubescens DC.; Bauhinia tomentosa var. glabrata Hook. f.; Bauhinia volkensii Taub.; Bauhinia wituensis Harms; Pauletia tomentosa (L.) A.Schmitz); . Common names: bell bauhinia, St. Thomas-tree, yellow bauhinia Sans: Phalgu, pita, kanchana Hindi: Kachnar Mal: ptu Guj: Pilo asundro Tel: Adavi mandarmu Tam: Iruvaji Mal: Kanjanam .  Shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall with small 3-5 cm long leaves, 5-8 cm broad, glabrous above, tomentose beneath, petiole 2-3 cm long, 7-9 veined; flowers yellow, 6-8 […]

Bauhinia racemosa Lam. (Syn: Bauhinia parviflora Vahl; Piliostigma racemosa (Lam.) Benth.; Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.) Benth.); . baw-HIN-ee-uh — named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists ray-see-MO-suh — having flower cluster in raceme . commonly known as: sona-tree • Gujarati: આપ્ટો apto • Hindi: कठमूली katmauli • Kannada: ಅಪ್ತಾ aapta, ಅರಳುಕದುಮನ್ದರ aralukadumandara • Konkani: […]

Bauhinia purpurea L. (Syn: Bauhinia castrata Blanco; Bauhinia coromandeliana DC.; Bauhinia platyphylla Zipp. ex Spanoghe; Bauhinia platyphylla Span.; Bauhinia purpurea var. corneri de Wit; Bauhinia purpurea var. violacea de Wit; Bauhinia rosea Corner; Bauhinia triandra Roxb.; Bauhinia violacea Corner; Caspareopsis purpurea (L.) Pittier; Phanera purpurea (L.) Benth.); . Images by J.M.Garg . butterfly tree, orchid […]

Bauhinia phoenicea Wight & Arn. (Syn: Bauhinia benthamii Bedd.; Phanera phoenicea (Wight & Arn.) Benth.); .   baw-HIN-ee-uh — named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists … Dave’s Botanaryfeen-ih-KEE-uh — referring to the genus Phoenix, or the color purple … Dave’s Botanary  .commonly known as: crimson mountain ebony, scarlet bauhinia • Kannada: ಕೆಂಪು ಯಾತಬಳ್ಳಿ kempu yathaballi • Malayalam: വള്ളിമന്ദാരം vallimandaram  .   Please Identify this Bauhinia species […]

Bauhinia galpinii N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 9:728. 1891 Jun “galpini” (D. Oliver in Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1994. 1891 August) (Syn: Bauhinia punctata sensu Bolle; Perlebia galpinii (N.E.Br.) A.Schmitz;                 (=) Bauhinia punctata Bolle);  Red Orchid Tree, Red Bauhinia, Pride of the Cape, African Plume, Nasturtium Bauhinia;       Flora Picture of the Year […]

Bauhinia acuminata L. (Syn: Bauhinia candida sensu auct. (Misapplied); Bauhinia grandiflora sensu auct. (Misapplied); Bauhinia linnaei Ali; Bauhinia tomentosa sensu auct. (Misapplied)); . Images by Satish Phadke and Gurcharan Singh . 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 • […]