Bauhinia variegata L.
var. variegata

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Umwinsidale rd, nr Haslemere Lane turnoff

Photo: Bart Wursten
Christon Bank

Synonyms:
Common names:	Orchid tree (English) Pink bauhinia (English) Pink camel's-foot (English)
Description:	Shrub or small spreading tree. Leaves typically lobed at the apex. Flowers from pure white (var. candida Voigt), to deep pink, usually with a dark purple-red centre on the upper petal; the calyx is markedly one-sided. Fruit a flattened pod, green and translucent when young, drying to blackish-brown. Last years fruits are often seen, split while still on the tree, during the next flowering season.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	variegata: irregularly coloured, blotched
Flowering time:	(Mar-)May - Oct
Worldwide distribution:	Tropical Asia
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Friday 25 January 2008
Literature:	Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 27. Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 17 - 18. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 43. as Bauhinia variegata

Flora of Zambia: Bauhinia variegata var. variegata
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Bauhinia variegata var. variegata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Bauhinia variegata var. variegata
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Bauhinia variegata var. variegata

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