Bauhinia
Habit | tree
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Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, yellow, multicolored, pink, white |
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Bauhinia (pronounced /boʊˈhɪniə/)[1] is a genus of more than 200 species of flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers, Swiss-French botanists.
Bauhinia trees typically reach a height of 6-12 m and their branches spread 3-6 m outwards. The lobed leaves usually are 10-15 cm across.
The five-petaled flowers are 7.5-12.5 cm diameter, generally in shades of red, pink, purple, orange, or yellow, and are often fragrant. The tree begins flowering in late winter and often continues to flower into early summer.
ExpandRead about Bauhinia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
- Selected species
- Bauhinia acuminata L.
- Bauhinia aureifolia K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen
- Bauhinia bassacensis Pierre ex Gagnep.
- Bauhinia bidentata Jack
- Bauhinia binata Blanco
- Bauhinia x blakeana
- Bauhinia bracteata (Graham ex Benth.) Baker
- Bauhinia championi
- Bauhinia corymbosa
- Bauhinia creaghi baker (Charles Vandeleur Creagh)
- Bauhinia curtisii Prain
- Bauhinia cumingiana Fern.-Vill.
- Bauhinia ferruginea Roxb.
- Bauhinia flagelliflora
- Bauhinia forficata
- Bauhinia galpinii
- Bauhinia glauca (Wall. ex Benth.)
- Bauhinia grevei
- Bauhinia harmsiana Hosseus
- Bauhinia hirsuta Weinm.
- Bauhinia integrifolia Roxb.
- Bauhinia involucellata Kurz
- Bauhinia lakhonensis Gagnep.
- Bauhinia lunarioides (Anacacho Orchid Tree)
- Bauhinia malabarica Roxb.
- Bauhinia mombassae
- Bauhinia monandra Kurz
- Bauhinia nervosa (Wall. ex Benth.) Baker
- Bauhinia ornata Kurz
- Bauhinia penicilliloba Pierre ex Gagnep.
- Bauhinia perpurea
- Bauhinia pervilleana
- Bauhinia pottsii G.Don
- Bauhinia pulla Craib.
- Bauhinia purpurea L.
- Bauhinia racemosa Lam.
- Bauhinia rufescens Lam.
- Bauhinia saccocalyx Pierre
- Bauhinia scandens L.
- Bauhinia seminarioi
- Bauhinia siamensis K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen
- Bauhinia similis Craib
- Bauhinia sirindhorniae K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen
- Bauhinia strychnifolia Craib
- Bauhinia strychnoidea Prain
- Bauhinia tomentosa L.
- Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn.
- Bauhinia variegata L.
- Bauhinia viridescens Desv.
- Bauhinia wallichii J.F.Macbr.
- Bauhinia winitii Craib
- Bauhinia yunnanensis Franch.
Gallery
General gallery
Bauhinia tomentosa flowers
Bauhinia vahlii flower
Bauhinia x blakeana flower
Gallery of Bauhinia racemosa
flowers & fruit pods in Hyderabad, India.
Gallery of Bauhinia tomentosa
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Bauhinia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Bauhinia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)