Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Bauhinia > Bauhinia divaricata

Bauhinia divaricata (Pata De Vaca; Pie De Chivo; Pie De Cabra; Petit Calecon; Pata De Chivo; Pata De Cabra; Moco John; Mocco John; Huella De Chivo; Collegue Matourin; Bull Hoof; Bois Calecon)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Bauhinia divaricata is a species of flowering shrub of the family Fabaceae. B. divaricata is the type species of the genus Bauhinia. One common name for this species is pom pom orchid tree. It is native to China, Jamaica, India and also grows in the southern half of Florida. It has white bi-lobed leaves that alternate. The species was formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, in Species Plantarum.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Semnopithecus entellus (Hanuman langur)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Feeding and Ranging Patterns of Forest Hanuman Langurs (Presbytis entellus), Paul Newton, International Journal of Primatology, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1992
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0