Bauhinia.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Bauhinia purpurea L.
Engl.: butterfly tree, butterfly-orchid tree, camel's foot, purple bauhinia, purple orchid tree.
Deu.: Schmetterlings-Bauhinie.
Span.: pie de cabra.
Bot. syn.: Bauhinia triandra Roxb.
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