Fabaceae
Bauhinia
Bauhinia × blakeana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Bauhinia
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Common names
By language (12)
- arz
- بوهينيا بلاكينا
- azb
- بوهینیا بلاکهآنا
- Cantonese
- 洋紫荊
- Chinese
- 洋紫荆, 洋紫荊, 豔紫荊, 紫荆, 红花紫荆, 红花羊蹄甲
- English
- Bauhinia, Hong kong orchid tree
- Hebrew
- בוהנית בלק
- Japanese
- バウヒニア, オーキッド・ツリー, ヨウテイボク, 香港蘭
- Korean
- 홍콩난초나무
- Persian
- بوهینیا بلاکهآنا
- Portuguese
- Bauínia-blaqueana
- Thai
- ชงโคฮ่องกง
- Vietnamese
- Dương tử kinh
Synonyms
- Perlebia blakeana (Dunn) A.Schmitz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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: BJCHK, 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.