Bauhinia.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Bauhinia variegata L.
Engl.: mountain-ebony, poor man's orchid, purple orchid tree.
Deu.: Bunte Bauhinie, Buntfarbene Bauhinie.
Bot. syn.: Bauhinia alba Wall.
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