Bauhinia variegata
Bauhinia variegata / Bauhinia purpura / Orchid Flower/ Mountain Ebony
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| Bauhinia variegata |
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| Bauhinia variegata alba |
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| Bauhinia galpinii |
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| Bauhinia monandra |
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| Bauhinia malabarica |
Common Name :Variegated Bauhinia & Purple Bauhinia.
Origin : India Flowering Season : Flowering Season :Feb.-April & June-October Vernacular Name : Vernacular Name : Basavanapaada in Kannada, Bangalore
Brief Description : Bauhinia variegata and Bauhinia purpurea are very similar looking trees. It is very difficult to tell them apart. The former has very pale pink or white coloured flowers with the some petals variegated while the flowers of the latter are pink to purple. Like in all Bauhinias the leaves are split in the middle which is very characteristic. Both the species considered here are indigenous. B. purpurea comes into flower when in leaf while B.variegata looses most of its leaves when in flower. The trees bear long flat pods which hang and are conspicuous.
Bauhinia variegata L.
Common name: Moutain ebony
Family: Fabaceae
Description: A Moderate sized tree. Leaves alternate, simple, coriaceous, cordate, cleft to the middle. Inflorescence a corymbose racemose. Fruit a pod, flat, glabrous, prominently veined when dry dehiscent.
Native: India, China.
Flowering and Fruits: February-March & May.
Common name: Moutain ebony
Family: Fabaceae
Description: A Moderate sized tree. Leaves alternate, simple, coriaceous, cordate, cleft to the middle. Inflorescence a corymbose racemose. Fruit a pod, flat, glabrous, prominently veined when dry dehiscent.
Native: India, China.
Flowering and Fruits: February-March & May.
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