Bauhinia tomentosa L.
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PLANT INFORMATION
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000008
Common name: Yellow bell Orchid tree
English name: Yellow bell Orchid tree
Arabic name: خف الجمل اصفر
Native: South Africa, India and Sri Lanka
Country: South Africa
Plant growth regulators (PGR): Rare
Common name: Yellow bell Orchid tree
English name: Yellow bell Orchid tree
Arabic name: خف الجمل اصفر
Native: South Africa, India and Sri Lanka
Country: South Africa
Plant growth regulators (PGR): Rare
PLANT DESCRIPTION
Deciduous small tree to 4 m tall, it has drooping slender branches leaves deeply divided and elliptic in mature flower bells-shaped with large yellow petal, with a dark maroon patch at the base fruit is a pale brown pod.
PLANT USES
Ornamental plant
PLANT SYNONYME
Bauhinia pubescens DC
BIOGEOGRAPHY
Texture:
Clay
Loam
Sandy
Fertility:
High
Drainage:
Moderately well drained
Salinity:
Low
Water Sources:
Moderate Water
Climates:
Subtropics
Lights:
Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late spring and summer
zone: 10a : 11
pH: 5.5- 7.0
ETHNOBOTANY
Status:
Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Uses of plant: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare Cultivated
Vegetation types: Deciduous
pH: Mild acid
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Uses of plant: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare Cultivated
Vegetation types: Deciduous
pH: Mild acid
PLANT DISCLAIMER
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