VERNACULAR NAME:

Bauhinia [1941]; Bois de Boeuf [1941]; Camel's Foot [2023]; Kachnar [3030]; Mountain Ebony [2002, 2023, 2153]; Orchid Tree [261, 2153, 2968]; Palo De Orquideas [1430]; Pata De Rez [1470]; Poor Man's Orchid [1430]; Sabot Boeuf [1941]; St. Thomas' Tree [2002]; Variegated Bauhinia [2023]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa

Ethiopia (I) [24]; Ghana (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [8]; Malawi (I) [8]; Mozambique (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [107]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [2]; Zaire (I) [8]; Zambia (I) [28]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]

Asia

Bangladesh (U) [3383]; Bhutan (U) [1947]; Burma (N) [3001]; China (N) [123, 1430, 1790, 2002, 3001, 3409]; India (U) [123, 1430, 2002, 3018, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3037, 3040, 3041, 3043, 3092, 3094, 3099, 3113, 3140, 3144, 3366, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3377, 3384, 3584, 3590, 3667]; Andhra Pradesh [3384]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3590]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3366]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3041, 3584, 3667]; Karnataka [3018, 3020]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3099]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3043]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3366]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3037]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (I) [3001]; Iraq (I) [8]; Laos (N) [1935, 2002, 3001]; Malaysia (I) [3001]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 1935, 2002]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [2021]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Thailand (N) [1935, 2002, 3001]; Vietnam (N) [1935, 2002, 3001]

Australasia

Norfolk I (U) [2265]; Papua New Guinea (I) [3001]

Caribbean

Bahamas (I) [2153]; Dominican Republic (I) [2157]; Grenada (I) [1790]; Haiti (I) [2157]; Puerto Rico (I) [1430]; St Lucia (I) [1790]

Central America

El Salvador (I) [2156]; Mexico(North & Central) (I) [1470]; Mexico(South East) (I) [1188, 1637]; Panama (I) [1224]

Indian Ocean

Mauritius (I) [3052]; Seychelles (I) [1941]

North America

United States (I) [1431, 3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]; Texas [3157]

Pacific Ocean

Fiji (I) [1940]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]; Society Is (I) [2968]; Tonga (U) [2265]

South America

Brazil (I) [1414]; Colombia (I) [1292, 1691]

LITERATURE POINTERS:

Description [107, 1430, 1790, 1935, 1941, 1947, 2002, 2021, 2153, 2157, 3001, 3409] ; Illustration [1935, 1947, 2002, 2021, 2153]

DESCRIPTORS:

Climbing: Not climbing [1941] [3001] [3157] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [1941] [3001] [3157] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1941] [3001] [3157] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1999-05 Heald J, 2004 (Males

USES:

Chemical products [121, 2021, 3030]; Environmental [107, 1941, 2023, 2265, 2968, 3001]; Food and Drink [121, 1935, 3001, 3030]; Forage [3030]; Medicine [121, 1935, 2021, 3001, 3030, 3034]; Miscellaneous [261, 2021]

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