Bauhinia galpinii N.E.Br.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Bauhinia L.
Tribe: Cercideae
References: [107][1790][1941][2264]

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Other names:

• Bauhinia punctata sensu Bolle [Misapplied] [107]
  
• Perlebia galpinii (N.E.Br.)Schmitz [Synonym] [107]
  

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Common Names:

• Bauhinia Rouge [1941]
  
• Bois de Boeuf Rouge [1941]
  
• Pride of de Kaap [107]
  
• Red Butterfly Tree [2264]
  
• Sabot Boeuf Rouge [1941]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1990(Americas Update)Zarucchi JL
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Environmental [1941] [107]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Ghana [8]
  • Kenya [8]
  • Malawi [8]
  • Mozambique [107]
  • South Africa [107]
  • Swaziland [107]
  • Zambia [8]
  • Zimbabwe [107]

• Asia
  • Philippines [8]

• Australasia [2265]
  • Norfolk I [2265]

• Caribbean [1790]
  • Caribbean-TRP [1790]

• Indian Ocean [1941]
  • Seychelles [1941]

• Pacific Ocean [2264] [2265]
  • Fiji [2264]

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Notes:

• Cultivated in the Mascarenes. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:49:22