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Bauhinia madagascariensis
Bagnaky is a deciduous shrub or small tree from Madagascar, growing up to about 4 m, with pink flowers and deeply two-lobed leaves. It is drought tolerant and does best in warm, sunny, well-drained conditions.
Bauhinia madagascariensis is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae native to Madagascar, where it grows from sea level up to 900 m altitude in xerophytic deciduous scrubland. It is a shrub or small tree growing up to 4 metres (13 ft) in height. The flowers have five petals arranged in an upward-pointing arc, the central one pink with a yellow base; the four side petals are all pink. The leaves are deeply bilobed.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bauhinia madagascariensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
