Bauhinia
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Bauhinia is a genus in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers, Swiss-French botanists.
Many species, native to northern India, Vietnam or southeastern China, are widely planted in the tropics as "orchid trees". Common names include: purple orchid tree, mountain ebony, poor man's orchid.
More than 200 species are known, including:
- Bauhinia acuminata
- Bauhinia blakeana
- Bauhinia championi
- Bauhinia corymbosa
- Bauhinia galpinii
- Bauhinia glauca
- Bauhinia monandra
- Bauhinia purpurea
- Bauhinia tomentosa
- Bauhinia variegata
