Mazhar Botanic Garden

Bauhinia tomentosus L.

Yellow bell Orchid tree

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
(PGR): Rare

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

Ornamental plant

Bauhinia pubescens DC

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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 range: 5.5- 7.0
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare Cultivated
Vegetation types: Deciduous
pH: Mild acid

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