Fabaceae

Bidi leaf tree

Bauhinia racemosa Lam.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia

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Bidi leaf tree: Jhinjheri Bauhinia racemosa in Hyderabad , India . — Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (15)

Arabic: بوهينيا ذات نورة عنقودية, بوهينيا تحمل أزهاراً في نورة عنقودية
arz: بوهينيا راسيموزا
Burmese: စွယ်တော်
Chinese: 总状花羊蹄甲, 總狀花羊蹄甲, 总序羊蹄甲, 硬叶羊蹄甲
English: Bidi leaf tree
Hindi: कठमूली
Kannada: ಬಸವನಪಾದ
Malayalam: മലയത്തി
Marathi: आपटा
Persian: درخت برگ بیدی
shn: တူၼ်ႈမႆႉသဵဝ်ႈ
Sinhala: මයිල
Tamil: ஆத்தி, ஆர்
Telugu: తెల్ల ఆరెచెట్టు, అడివిఅవిశ, ఆరెఅవిశ, ఆరెచెట్టు
Thai: ชงโคนา

Synonyms

Bauhinia parviflora Vahl
Bauhinia spicata Rottler ex Biehler
Bauhinia tenuis Span.
Bauhinia timorana Baker
Bauhinia timorensis Decne.
Pauletia racemosa (Lam.) A.Schmitz
Piliostigma racemosum (Lam.) Benth.
Telestria racemosa (Lam.) Raf.

Photos

Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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). About our plant data.