Bauhinia acuminata

Bauhinia acuminata

Taxobox
name = "Bauhinia acuminata"



image_width = 240px
image_caption = Flower in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Caesalpinioideae
tribus = Cercideae
genus = "Bauhinia"
species = " B. acuminata"
binomial = "Bauhinia acuminata"
binomial_authority = L.

"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. The exact native range is obscure due to extensive cultivation, but probably from Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Borneo, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands), and the Philippines.Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6551 "Bauhinia acuminata"] ]

It grows two to three meters tall. Like the other "Bauhinia" species, the leaves are bilobed, shaped like an ox hoof; they are 6 to 15 centimeters long and broad, with the apical cleft up to 5 cm deep; the petiole is 1.5 to 4 centimeters long. The flowers are fragrant, 8 to 12 centimeters in diameter, with five white petals, ten yellow-tipped stamens and a green stigma. The fruit is a pod 7.5 to 15 centimeters long and 1.5 to 1.8 centimeters broad. The species occurs in deciduous forests and scrub.Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk: [http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/bauhinia_acuminata.htm "Bauhinia acuminata"] ] [Flowers of India: [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/White%20Orchid%20Tree.html White Orchid Tree] ] Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.]

It is widely cultivated throughout the tropics as an ornamental plant. It may be found as an escape from cultivation in some areas, and has become naturalised on the Cape York Peninsula, Australia.

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