Fabaceae
Napoleon's plume
Bauhinia monandra
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Bauhinia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 单蕊羊蹄甲
- English
- Napoleon's plume
- French
- Arbre orchidee, Arbre Orchidée
- Malagasy
- Banakafotsy
- Portuguese
- Árvore orquídea
Synonyms
- Bauhinia kappleri Sagot
- Bauhinia krugii Urb.
- Bauhinia krugii Urb.
- Bauhinia persiehii F.Muell.
- Bauhinia porosa Boivin ex Baill.
- Bauhinia punctiflora Baker
- Caspareopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose
- Caspariopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose
- Monoteles paradoxa Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Thierry Caro assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SwarmCheng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SwarmCheng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SwarmCheng, 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.