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Bauhinia pauletia
Also called Railway Fence Bauhinia
Railroadfence (Bauhinia pauletia) is a shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to wet tropical forests from southern Mexico to Trinidad. It is grown in warm, frost-free gardens and is best kept in bright conditions with regular moisture.
Bauhinia pauletia, the railway fence bauhinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to wet tropical forests of Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad, and it has been introduced to Puerto Rico. A shrub or tree, it is bat-pollinated. It has been assessed as Least Concern.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bauhinia pauletia 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.
