- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Bauhinia Plum. ex L.
Bauhinia acuminata L.

[ILDIS]
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Conservation
- Not Threatened
- Ecology
- Africa: Cultivated
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Not climbing, Herb/Shrub/Tree
- Vernacular
- Bell Bauhinia, Dwarf White Bauhinia, Fleur du Sacre-coeur, Flor De Azufre, Gorro De Napoleon, Guacamaya Americana, Kachnar, Kaha-petan, Kanchar, Kobo-leela, Mariposa, Petan, St. Thomas' Tree, Tiruvathi, Tiruvatti, White Bauhinia, Yellow Bauhinia, Yellow B
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Northern Territory, Philippines
Introduced into:
Cambodia, Caroline Is., Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Queensland, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Bauhinia acuminata L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jul 1, 1952 | Keith [9100], Malaysia | K000623291 | No | ||
Aug 1, 1951 | Clemens, J. [21296], Malaysia | K000623295 | No | ||
Aug 1, 1951 | Clemens, J. [21296], Malaysia | K000623288 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1917 | Bourne [2782], India | K000760692 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1917 | Bourne [2782], India | K000760693 | Yes | ||
Owens, S.J., USA | 52818.000 | No | |||
Tandom [2657], Malaysia | K000623293 | No | |||
Balajadia [3292], Malaysia | K000623294 | No | |||
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 5794], Mauritius | K001122153 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5794], Myanmar | K001122163 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122150 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [9164], Indonesia | K000623287 | No | |||
Tandom [2657], Malaysia | K000623297 | No | |||
Whitford, H. [855], Philippines | K000623301 | No | |||
Elmer, A.D.E. [17440], Philippines | K000623299 | No | |||
Vidal [2680], Philippines | K000623304 | No | |||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122160 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122165 | Yes | |||
Maskuri [178], Indonesia | K000623290 | No | |||
Mendoza, D.R. [97994], Philippines | K000623298 | No | |||
Lumao [2631], Malaysia | K000623296 | No | |||
Mendoza, N. [1593], Malaysia | K000623289 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122159 | Yes | |||
Lumao [2631], Malaysia | K000623292 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794], India | K001122154 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122157 | Yes | |||
Bruce, H. [Cat. no. 5794], Bangladesh | K001122158 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122156 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122152 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794], Bangladesh | K001122164 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5794], Myanmar | K001122161 | Yes | |||
Loher, A. [2209], Philippines | K000623302 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122155 | Yes | |||
Merrill, E.D. [4103], Philippines | K000623300 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5794], Myanmar | K001122162 | Yes | |||
Vidal [274], Philippines | K000623305 | No | |||
Vidal [1268], Philippines | K000623303 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5794] | K001122151 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 375 (1753)
Accepted by
- Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). 61. Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2): 1-218. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a checck-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-list: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
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