Bauhinia Alba

[raghu ananth]

Bauhinia Alba
Fam: Caesalpiniaceae
Bangalore
May 2008

 

 

Regards

Raghu

 

 

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[Tabish]

Actually the correct name is Bauhinia hookeri:
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mountain%20Ebony.html
Best wishes
- Tabish

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> Bauhinia Alba
> Fam: Caesalpiniaceae
> Bangalore
> May 2008
>
> Regards
> Raghu
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[Anand Kumar Bhatt]

Bauhinia alba is floweing in my tiny garden also. I have 2-3 small plants which tend to go bushy. A nursery sold them to me in the name of Buhinia blakeana.I don't know how big the bush would be. I am trying to trim and shape it like a tree. Let me hope for the best.

akbhatt

[raghu ananth]

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Info: This tree was quite tall, more than 15 meters. There were just two flower bunches in the entire tree.

 

( Misc.  Info: We witnessed  a pair of rose ringed parakeets  on this tree trying to get rid off the hunter bird -Shikra, which might had invaded their territory. All of a sudden the shikra spranged up from its perch, gave a a fierce close chase . Moments later only one of the parakeets returned back to this tree ! )

 

-Regards

 

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From: Tabish <tab...@gmail.com>
To: indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 5 May, 2008 12:42:09 PM
Subject: [Indiantreepix] Re: Bauhinia Alba


Actually the correct name is Bauhinia hookeri:
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mountain%20Ebony.html
  Best wishes
  - Tabish

On May 5, 8:13 am, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Bauhinia Alba
> Fam: Caesalpiniaceae
> Bangalore
> May 2008
>
> Regards
> Raghu
>

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[Tabish]

Raghu,
Thanks for bringing up the matter again. Yes, it is screaming to be
straightened out. Let me just say at the outset that identification
signboards in India are notorious for occasionally being gloriously
wrong. :)
1. First of all, there is no accepted botanical name as Bauhinia
alba.
2. It is considered a synonym of Bahunia variegata var. candida, which
is the following flower:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/106077/
3. I must say that you have done a thorough job with photographing
this species. So, there can't be any confusion with identification.
Look at the following link for Bauhinia hookerii:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/id/dig/3129
The flowers, the buds, the leaves, all agree well with your specimen.
4. There is probably no other Bauhinia with so prominently red stamens
as B. hookerii.
5. I might have made a mistake in saying that B. hookerii grows up to
5 m. I don't really know how high it can reach.

Comments/clarifications solicited, especially from our botanist
friends.
- Tabish

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[J.M. Garg]

Here is a good link for Bauhinia hookeri: http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1734210.htm

For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visit  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg