Bauhinia tomentosa L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Bauhinia L.
Tribe: Cercideae
References: [106][1409][1790][1915][2264]

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Other names:

• Alvesia tomentosa (L.)Britton & Rose [Synonym] [1409]
  
• Bauhinia volkensii Taubert [Synonym] [106]
  
• Bauhinia wituensis Harms [Synonym] [106]
  
• Pauletia tomentosa (L.)Schmitz [Synonym] [106]
  

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Common Names:

• Fleur du Sacr‚-coeur [1790]
  
• Flor de Azufre [1409]
  
• Gorro de Napole¢n [1409]
  
• Guacamaya Americana [1409]
  
• Mariposa [1430]
  
• Pet n [1430]
  
• St. Thomas' Tree [261]
  
• Yellow Butterfly Tree [2264]
  

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Descriptors:

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

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Uses:

• Environmental [1790] [1915] [2264] [2265] [106] [120]
  
• Medicine [107]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [106]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Ethiopia [106]
  • Ghana [8]
  • Kenya [106]
  • Nigeria [8]
  • Sierra Leone [8]
  • Somalia [106]
  • South Africa [106]
  • Tanzania [106]
  • Zaire [106]
  • Zambia [106]
  • Zimbabwe [106]

• Asia [120] [1914] [1935] [2002] [2021] [2023]
  • China [2021]
  • Hong Kong [8]
  • India [1914]
  • Indonesia-ISO [120]
  • Malaysia-ISO [120]
  • Pakistan [2021]
  • Sri Lanka [2023]
  • Thailand [2002]
  • Vietnam [1935]

• Australasia [261]
  • Papua New Guinea [261]

• Caribbean [1409] [1430] [1790] [2157]
  • Antigua-Barbuda [1790]
  • Barbados [1790]
  • Cuba [1409]
  • Dominica [1790]
  • Dominican Republic [2157]
  • Guadeloupe [1790]
  • Martinique [1790]
  • Montserrat [1790]
  • Puerto Rico [1409] [1430]
  • St Kitts-Nevis [1790]
  • St Lucia [1790]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [3052]
  • Mauritius [3052]

• Pacific Ocean [1940] [2235] [2264] [2265]
  • Fiji [8] [1940] [2264]
  • Northern Marianas [2235]
  • Tonga [2265]

• South America
  • Brazil [1414]

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Notes:

• Sometimes considered native in India and Sri Lanka. [1914] [2023]
  
• A favoured garden shrub [120]
  
• Cultivated [1430] [1790]
  
• Occasionally cultivated in the Mascarenes. [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:49:28