Hooghly Today : Bauhinia variegata L.

[surajit koley]

Sir,

A medium sized deciduous tree.

ID Help : https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/f/fabaceae/bauhinia/bauhinia-variegata

Regards,

surajit

[D.S Rawat]

Here in Uttarakhand B.variegata has almost white flowers with only one petal with purple streaks. Attaching close up of a flower!

DSRawat Pantnagar

[surajit koley]

Sir,

I copy a part of the description of B. variegata from "Flora Indica" - "...... This tree can only be said to differ from B. candida in the colour of flowers; had I met with this first, I should certainly have considered the other as a variety only."

Thank you very much for the beautiful flowers. According to the "Flora of British India" this tree can have red and yellow  or pure white flowers also.

Regards,

surajit

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Surajit ji

I thought your plant is B. blakeana

Look for any fruits to if present. B. blakeana does not produce fruits.

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[D.S Rawat]

Yes I agree Surjitji. To differentiate it from B.xblakeana (a sterile hybrid of B.variegata and B.purpurea) I am attaching a close up of the flower of B.xblakeana.

DSRawat Pantnagar 

[surajit koley]

Sir,

It is possible that this plant may well be B. blakeana.

I remember our discussion in my earlier upload of another Bauhinia tree - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/WUz7SIl0pt0/discussion which was related to yet another post at - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/2fer1UHmLTI/discussion.

While i was taking pictures of this particular tree i checked for pods and there wasn't any.

But, at the same time i  recalled that last year i had a very similar experience, initially there was no pods and later the tree was full of pods.

I used the KEY (for B. variegata L), "flowers appearing generally before leaves" or "flowers 10-12 cm across, after leaves fall", to identify this tree. The KEY was prepared by you in - 

• https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/XIp9z4j4Bwc/discussion
  
• https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/GIsglBYnGCc/discussion
  

However, i shot this plant in Chandannagar and will check again when i go there in near future.

Regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

Thank you Sir for the probable ID, will try to check for pods.

Regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

Thank you very much Sir for the very pretty flower.

I am sorry that my 5x zoom doesn't give me any close-up from a distance. So, except for petal shapes i fail to find any difference between the two species.

Regards,

surajit

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[surajit koley]

Sir,

Checked the tree again, today, and found pods on it. Attaching the photographs.

Regards,

surajit

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Surajit ji. That confirms B. variegata. Further B. blakeana generally flowers in November December with leaves on. In variegata the flowers generally appear in January-March before leaves, B. purpurea in late summer along with leaves. That is the situation in Delhi.

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[surajit koley]

Thank you Sir for confirming one more time. I will be adding the key link (https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/XIp9z4j4Bwc/discussion) in my list, shortly.

Looking forward to see a B. blakeana here, in our region.

Regards,

surajit

[surajit koley]

Thank you very much Madam.

Regards,

surajit

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Promila Chaturvedi <thegardener...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Mr. Koley for such a lovely picture. I also feel i is Bauhina variegata.

Promila