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Bauhinia ungulata

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Pie Venado (Costa Rica)
• Casco de Venado (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Distrito Federal
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Rondonia
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverside scrub
• disturbed secondary forest
• riverine forest
• inundated forest
• montane forest
• primary forest
• coastal forest or thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Jun
• Nov

Sometimes scandent tree or shrub or glabrous tendril vine to 5m with 2-lobed leaves ferrugineus beneath 120mm x 80mm, glabrous above. Terminal racemes of white or pink flowers becoming red with age with densely silky white petals. Brown tomentose or glabrous pod to 200mm long, 50mm wide.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• Kew