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Bauhinia galpinii

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

N.E. Brown

Propagation

A.C.K.S.

Cultivated

C,ornamental

Hardiness Zone

Min 7C 8-11

Common Names

• Pride of the Cape
• Camel's Foot
• Nasturtium Bauhinia
• Red Bauhinia

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Mozambique
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Spring-Autumn

Fruiting Times

Spreading or semi-climbing evergreen or semi-deciduous shrub to 10m with brown puberulous young branches. 2-lobed leaves to 75mm diameter, glabrous above, puberulous beneath. Lateral racemes with 2mm bracts and minute bracteoles, 2-10 flowers, 80mm orange or red flowers, brown puberulous calyx to 20mm long, glabrous petals to 46mm. Glabrous brown seed-pod to 150mm x 28mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• llamas 2003
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• ILDIS
• Exotica
• FZ