Fabaceae
Mountain ebony
Bauhinia variegata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Bauhinia
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- بوهينيا مبرقشة, بوهينيا, بوهينيا غير متجانسة اللون, خف الجمل
- arz
- بوهينيا فاريجاتا
- Assamese
- বগা কাঞ্চন, গোলাপী কাঞ্চন
- Bangla
- রক্তকাঞ্চন, গোলাপী কাঞ্চন
- Burmese
- ဘွဲ့ချဉ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 宮粉羊蹄甲
- Chinese
- 宫粉羊蹄甲, 宮粉羊蹄甲, 白花洋紫荊, 弯叶树, 洋紫荆, 白花树, 白花羊紫荊, 红紫荆
- Czech
- Bauhínie pestrá, Bauhinie pestrá
- dag
- Baɣiŋgu maŋli
- English
- Mountain ebony, Camel's foot tree, Orchid tree
- Finnish
- Kirjobauhinia
- frr
- Orchideenbuum
- Hebrew
- בוהיניה מגוונת
- Hindi
- कचनार
- Hungarian
- Közönséges orchideafa
- Japanese
- フイリソシンカ
- lah
- کچنار
- Malayalam
- കോവിദാരം
- Marathi
- कांचन
- Nepali
- कोइरालो
- Odia
- କାଞ୍ଚନ
- Portuguese
- Casco-de-vaca-lilás, Casco-de-vaca lilás, Unha-de-vaca-lilás
- Punjabi
- ਕਚਨਾਰ
- Sanskrit
- मन्दारः
- Swedish
- Orkidébauhinia
- Tamil
- மலையாத்தி, செம்மந்தாரை
- tcy
- ಮಂದಾರ
- Thai
- เสี้ยวดอกขาว
- Urdu
- کچنار
- Vietnamese
- Ban trắng
Synonyms
- Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Roxb.) Corner
- Bauhinia variegata var. purpurascens Voigt
- Perlebia variegata (L.) A.Schmitz
- Phanera variegata (L.) Benth.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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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.