VERNACULAR NAME: |
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| Bell Bauhinia [3664]; Fleur du Sacre-coeur [1790]; Flor De Azufre [1409]; Gorro De Napoleon [1409]; Guacamaya Americana [1409]; Kachnar [1945, 3030]; Kaha-petan [2023]; Mariposa [1430]; Petan [1430, 2023]; St. Thomas' Tree [261, 3026, 3664]; Yellow Bauhinia [3664]; Yellow Butterfly Tree [2264] | |
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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
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HABITATS:
Africa
Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [106];
Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33];
Zambezian scrub forest [33];
LITERATURE POINTERS: |
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| Description [106, 113, 120, 132, 261, 1430, 1790, 1935, 2002, 2021, 2023, 2157, 3001, 3026, 3409] ; Illustration [125, 132, 261, 1935, 2002, 3069, 3386, 3409] | |
DESCRIPTORS: |
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| Climbing: Not climbing [3001] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names), 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Shrub [1915], Tree [1915] [3001] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3001] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004 | |
USES: |
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| Chemical products [3030, 3664]; Domestic [3030]; Environmental [106, 120, 1790, 1915, 2264, 2265, 3001]; Fibre [3030]; Medicine [107, 2021, 3030]; Miscellaneous [3664] | |
NOTES:
Cultivated [1790]
Occasionally cultivated in the Mascarenes. [1915]
Cultivated throughout the tropics. [2002]
Found wild in Africa and India. [2832]
Probably native of tropical Asia. [3001]
Native to Africa and South Asia. [1915]
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