Bauhinia purpurea

Taxobox
name = "Bauhinia purpurea"

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image_caption = Flower at Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Caesalpinioideae
tribus = Cercideae
genus = "Bauhinia"
species = "B. purpurea"
binomial = "Bauhinia purpurea"
binomial_authority = L.

"Bauhinia purpurea" is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to South China (which includes Hong Kong) and southeastern Asia. In the United States of America, the tree grows in Hawaii, coastal California, southern Texas, and southwest Florida. Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Purple camel's foot, and Hawaiian orchid tree.

It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 17 m tall. The leaves are 10-20 cm long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are conspicuous, pink and fragrant, with five petals. The fruit is a pod 30 cm long, containing 12 to 16 seeds.

"Bauhinia blakeana" is usually propagated by grafting it onto "B. purpurea" stems.

External links

* [http://web.hku.hk/~lramsden/purp.html Bauhinia purpurea L., Purple camel's foot]

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