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Bauhinia purpurea L.

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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Fabales
family
Fabaceae
genus
Bauhinia
species
Bauhinia purpurea

Name

Synonyms
Bauhinia castrata Blanco
Bauhinia coromandeliana DC.
Bauhinia kurzii Prain
Bauhinia purpurea var. corneri de Wit
Bauhinia purpurea var. violacea de Wit
Bauhinia rosea Corner
Bauhinia rosea Kurz
Bauhinia triandra Roxb.
Bauhinia violacea Corner
Caspareopsis purpurea (L.) Pittier
Casparia castrata (Blanco) Hassk.
Perlebia purpurea (L.) A.Schmitz
Perlebia purpurea var. corneri (de Wit) A.Schmitz
Perlebia purpurea var. violacea (de Wit) A.Schmitz
Phanera kurzii (Prain) Thoth.
Phanera purpurea (L.) Benth.
Phanera rosea Rich.
Phanera rosea Rich. ex Teijsm. & Binn.
Telestria purpurea (L.) Raf.
Homonyms
Bauhinia purpurea L.
Bauhinia purpurea Wall.
Bauhinia purpurea DC. ex Walp., 1852
Bauhinia purpurea DC.
Common names
Bauhinia a Fleurs Pourpres in French
Butterfly Tree in English
Butterfly Tree in English
Khairwal in Hindi
Mororó in Portuguese
Orchid Tree in English
Orchid Tree in English
Palo De Orquideas in language.
Pata-de-vaca-roxa in Portuguese
Pie De Cabra in language.
Pink Butterfly Tree in English
Purple Bauhinia in English
Purple Bauhinia in English
Purple Butterfly Tree in English
Unha-de-boi in Portuguese
Unha-de-vaca in Portuguese
butterfly tree in English
butterfly-orchid-tree in English
butterfly-tree in English
camel's-foot in English
khairwal in language.
orchidtree in English
pie de cabra in Spanish
purple bauhinia in English
purpurbauhinia in Swedish
skoenlapperorgideëboom in Afrikaans
洋紫荊 in Chinese
Butterfly-tree in English
Hawaiian Orchid Tree in English
Hong Kong Orchid Tree in English
Purple Camel's Foot in English
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