Fabaceae

Cow's-foot

Bauhinia forficata Link

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia

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Cow's-foot: Bauhinia forficata — Photo: Valentino Liberali, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Catalan: Bauhínia
English: Cow's-foot, Orchid tree
French: Pata-de-vaca, Patte de vache
Portuguese: Pata-de-vaca, Pata de vaca, Unha de vaca, Unha-de-vaca
Spanish: Pata De Vaca, Falsa caoba, Pata de buey, Pezuna de vaca, Pezuña de buey, Pezuña de vaca
Tamil: பொகினியா ஃபோர்பிகேட்டா

Synonyms

Inga forficata (Link) Hoffmanns.
Pauletia forficata (Link) A.Schmitz

Photos

Photo: Valentino Liberali, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fernando Lopez Anido, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CostaPPPR, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.