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Bauhinia racemosa
Bauhinia racemosa is a small, crooked, shrubby tree of the pea family, grown for its medicinal and religious value and its bilobed leaves. It is grown mainly as a garden or roadside tree in warm regions rather than as a common houseplant.
Bauhinia racemosa, commonly known as the bidi leaf tree, is a rare medicinal species of flowering shrub with religious significance. It is a small crooked tree with drooping branches that grows 3–5 metres (10–16 ft) tall and flowers between February and May. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and China.
The immature seeds of the tree are consumed by the grizzled giant squirrel.
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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.
