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  • COMMON NAME: Butterfly tree, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Purple Bauhinia, Purple Camel's Foot.
  • ARABIC: خف الجمل
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Bauhinia purpurea L.
  • SYNONYMS: Caspareopsis purpurea, Perlebia purpurea, Phanera purpurea, Telestria purpurea.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:481605-1#synonyms V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Moderately salt tolerant, fuel and ornamental tree with fast growth rates.
Shrub or small tree, 2-5 meters high, with many branches, glabrescent, cortex reddish-brown to yellowish. Leaves large, bilobed, broadly ovate, 4-8cm across, entire, leathery, cleft about one third at the apex. Flowers fragrant, reddish-purple, axillary or terminal. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 5-lobed, free, imbricate, large, 2-4cm long. Fertile stamens 3. Style slender. Stigma small. Pod oblong to linear, not septate, 15-25cm long. Seeds orbicular, compressed, 1-1.5cm long.
Cultivated in desert region, gardens, streets and parks.
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