A Bauhinia species ?

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Jul 27, 2008, 4:56:41 AM7/27/08

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Hello,

Photographed today at Aarey, Mumbai, what appears to be a species of Bauhinia but with white flowers.

Could someone pl help with the species?

Many thanks -- sunjoy monga

Bauhinia-UnId-1.jpg

Bauhinia-UnId-2.jpg

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Jul 27, 2008, 9:43:37 AM7/27/08

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It is Bauhinia sps (B.alba?)
Dr. Mahadeswara swamy.

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Jul 27, 2008, 11:12:41 AM7/27/08

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Hi,
It is the Orchid Tree [Bauhinia acuminata].
Regards,
Neil.

--- On Sun, 7/27/08, Sunjoy Monga <monga...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sunjoy Monga <monga...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Indiantreepix] A Bauhinia species ?

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Jul 27, 2008, 11:38:31 AM7/27/08

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Many thanks for helping with the identification.

Dr Shrikant Ingalhalikar too confirmed the same.

Cheers -- Sunjoy Monga

2008/7/27 Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com>

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Aug 1, 2008, 4:56:38 AM8/1/08

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From Indiantreepix Database:

Bauhinia acuminata

Fabaceae

Dwarf White Bauhinia, White Orchid-tree or Snowy Orchid-tree

Flowering on 14/7/07 at Joka, Kolkata- J.M.Garg.

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

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