Bauhinia tomentosa

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Bauhinia tomentosa (Camel foot tree)


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Read about Bauhinia tomentosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Bauhinia tomentosa, Linn. St. Thomas Tree. Erect shrub or small tree, branches downy: Lvs. broader than long, 1-2 in. long, coriaceous, the lobes obtuse, 7-nerved: fls. mostly in axillary pairs (sometimes 1 or 3) on pedicels bearing a pair of bractlets, yellow with red blotch on the upper petal, the petals 2 in. or less long, obovate, much exceeding calyx (which is entire): pod stalked, 4-5 in. long. India.


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