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This species is accepted, and its native range is Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar.
Bauhinia purpurea

[UNAL]
Vernacular
Casco de buey, Pate’vaca, Pie de cabra

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Cultivated
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
Vernacular
Bauhinia a Fleurs Pourpres, Butterfly Tree, Khairwal, Orchid Tree, Palo De Orquideas, Pie De Cabra, Pink Butterfly Tree, Purple Bauhinia, Purple Butterfly Tree

[ILDIS]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Shrub

[ILDIS]
Use
Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental, Fibre, Food and Drink, Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Wood

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Iraq, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Marianas, Mexico Central, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Bauhinia purpurea L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jan 1, 1980 Filgueiras, T. [340], Brazil K000807750
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.], India K000760774
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5797], Myanmar K001122187
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5797] K001122189
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5797] K001122182
s.coll. [s.n.], India K000760773
Luz, M.F. [8], Brazil K000807749
Junghuhn, F.W. [240] K000780142 Unknown type material
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5797], Myanmar K001122188
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5797], India K001122183
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5797] K001122180
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5797] K001122186
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5797], India K001122190
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5797] K001122179
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5797] K001122181
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5797] K001122185
Telfair, C. [Cat. no. 5797], Mauritius K001122184
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5799], India Bauhinia triandra K001122193
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5799], India Bauhinia triandra K001122194
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5799], India Bauhinia triandra K001122192
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5799], India Bauhinia triandra K001122195
Forest School [19], Myanmar Phanera kurzii K000760766

First published in Sp. Pl.: 375 (1753)

Accepted by

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  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
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  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
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  • Townsend, C.C. (1974). Flora of Iraq 3: 1-662. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
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Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Bhellum, B.L. (2012). Flora exotica of Jammu and Kashmir (List- I) Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 36: 33-45.
  • 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.
  • D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe Bothalia, A Journal of Botanical Research 41: 41-82.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
  • Hancock, I.R. & Henderson, C.P. (1988). Flora of the Solomon Islands Research Bulletin Dodo Creek Research Station 7: 1-203.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jones, M. (1991). A checklist of Gambian plants: 1-33. Michael Jones, The Gambia College.
  • 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.
  • López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
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