Bauhinia tomentosa

Yellow Bauhinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species: B. tomentosa
Binomial name
Bauhinia tomentosa
L.
Synonyms
  • Alvesia bauhinioides Welw.
  • Alvesia tomentosa (L.) Britton & Rose
  • Bauhinia pubescens DC.
  • Bauhinia tomentosa var. glabrata Hook. f.
  • Bauhinia volkensii Taub.
  • Bauhinia wituensis Harms
  • Pauletia tomentosa (L.) A.Schmitz [1]

The Yellow bauhinia,[2] (Bauhinia tomentosa), also known as Yellow Bell Orchid Tree, is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is found only in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, India and Sri Lanka.[3] The plant is known to have antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria.[4][5]

Description

Yellow bauhinia is a small tree with a maximum height of 4m.[6] It has drooping slender branches with a scrambling stem usually is multi-stemmed. Greyish bark is smooth and sometimes hairy, which gives its specific name tomentosa. Greenish leaves are deeply divided and elliptic in nature; margin entire. Flowers bell-shaped with large, yellow petals with a dark maroon patch at the base. Fruit pale-brown is a pod.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-833
  2. ↑ http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2066/
  3. ↑ http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/bauhintoment.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2950383/
  5. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20853598
  6. ↑ http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=3452
  7. ↑ http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Bauhinia_tomentosa.PDF


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