Fabaceae
St. Thomas tree
Bauhinia tomentosa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Bauhinia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Afrikaans
- Bosbeesklou
- arz
- بوهينيا تومينتوسا
- Chinese
- 黃花羊蹄甲, 黄花羊蹄甲
- English
- St. Thomas tree, Camel foot tree
- Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞമന്ദാരം
- Spanish
- Flor de Azufre, Gorro de Napoleon, Gorro de Napoleón, Guacamaya Americana
- Swedish
- Gul bauhinia
- Tamil
- கட்டாத்தி, இருவாட்சி, இறுவாட்சி, திருவாட்சி, திருவாத்தி
Synonyms
- Alvesia bauhinioides Welw.
- Alvesia tomentosa (L.) Britton & Rose
- Bauhinia binata Náves ex Fern.-Vill.
- Bauhinia inermis Forssk.
- Bauhinia mucara Bolle
- Bauhinia pubescens DC.
- Bauhinia speciosa Roxb. ex Wall.
- Bauhinia tomentosa f. concolor Backer ex de Wit
- Bauhinia tomentosa var. candida Voigt
- Bauhinia tomentosa var. glabrata Hook.f.
- Bauhinia volkensii Taub.
- Bauhinia wituensis Harms
- Cansenia tomentosa (L.) Raf.
- Pauletia tomentosa (L.) A.Schmitz
- Phyllolobium zanzibarense Bojer ex G.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.