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Orchid Trees
(Genus Bauhinia)
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Bauhinia /boʊˈhɪniə/ is a genus of more than 500 species of flowering plants in the subfamily Cercidoideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers, Swiss-French botanists.
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Orchid Tree
(Bauhinia variegata)
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Bauhinia variegata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, from southern China, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Common names include orchid tree, camel's foot tree, kachnar and mountain-ebony.
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Orchid Tree
(Bauhinia purpurea)
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Phanera purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to South China (which includes Hong Kong) and Southeast Asia. Common names include orchid tree, Hong Kong orchid tree, purple bauhinia, camel's foot, butterfly tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.
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Hong Kong Orchid Tree
(Bauhinia × blakeana)
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Bauhinia × blakeana commonly called the Hong Kong Orchid Tree is a legume tree of the genus Bauhinia, with large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers. The fragrant, orchid-like flowers are usually 10 to 15 centimetres (3.9 to 5.9 in) across, and bloom from early November to the end of March. Although now cultivated in many areas, it originated in Hong Kong in 1880 and apparently all of the cultivated trees derive from one cultivated at...
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Pink Bauhinia
(Bauhinia monandra)
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Bauhinia monandra is a species of leguminous trees, of the Fabaceae family. Common names include pink bauhinia, orchid tree, and Napoleon’s plume. Naturally they grow in Madagascar, but have naturalised in Burma, Australia, Christmas Island, the Caribbean, southern USA and the Pacific Islands.
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Pom Pom Orchid Tree
(Bauhinia divaricata)
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Bauhinia divaricata is a species of flowering shrub of the family Fabaceae. B. divaricata is the type species of the genus Bauhinia. One common name for this species is pom pom orchid tree. It is native to China, Jamaica, India and also grows in the southern half of Florida. It has white bi-lobed leaves that alternate.
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Anacacho Orchid
(Bauhinia lunarioides)
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Bauhinia lunarioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Southwestern Texas in the United States and Northern Mexico. Common names include Texasplume, Anacacho orchid tree, and pata de vaca.
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Pride-of-de-Kaap
(Bauhinia galpinii)
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Bauhinia galpinii is a species of shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to parts of eastern and southern Africa, where its popular name is "Pride of De Kaap". In other places however, it is variously known as Orchid Tree, Red Bauhinia, Nasturtium Bauhinia, African Plume, Red Orchid Bush, and by other informal names. The species name commemorates E. E. Galpin.
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Camels-foot Monkeybread
(Piliostigma thonningii)
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Piliostigma thonningii is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae.
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Brazilian Orchid Tree
(Bauhinia forficata)
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Bauhinia forficata, commonly known as Brazilian orchid tree,Pata de Vaca,, Pezuña de Vaca is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru.
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White Bauhinia
(Bauhinia variegata var. candida)
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Dwarf White Bauhinia
(Bauhinia acuminata)
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Bauhinia acuminata is a species of flowering shrub native to tropical southeastern Asia. Common names include: dwarf white bauhinia, white orchid-tree and snowy orchid-tree and শ্বেত কাঞ্চন (Bengali). The exact native range is obscure due to extensive cultivation, but probably from Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Borneo, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands), and the Philippines.
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Yellow Bauhinia
(Bauhinia tomentosa)
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Bauhinia tomentosa, the yellow bauhinia or yellow bell orchid tree, is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, India and Sri Lanka. The plant is known to have antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria.They are known as "மந்தாரை" (mandharai)
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Bidi Leaf Tree
(Bauhinia racemosa)
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Bauhinia racemosa, commonly known as the Bidi leaf tree is a rare medicinal species of flowering shrub with religious significance. It is a small crooked tree with drooping branches that grows 3–5 metres (10–16 ft) tall and flowers between February and May. It is native to tropical Southeast Asia.
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White Bauhinia
(Bauhinia petersiana)
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Bauhinia petersiana (also known as Kalahari White Bauhinia) is a species of shrubs from Fabaceae family that can be found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The species is 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in height.
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White Bauhinia
(Lysiphyllum hookeri)
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Lysiphyllum hookeri is a species of small tree endemic to Queensland, Australia, of the legume plant family Fabaceae. These trees are known by a variety of common names, including pegunny, alibangbang, Hooker's bauhinia, white bauhinia, mountain ebony and Queensland ebony.
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