Taxon:
Bauhinia tomentosa L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:375. 1753
Verified:
11/24/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Bauhinia+tomentosa&quantity=1
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- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: cult.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Isely, D. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2):29.
- Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
- National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
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Common names
English
bell bauhinia – St. Thomas-tree – yellow bauhinia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Gauteng | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Limpopo | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Rwanda | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Somalia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future |