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Bauhinia rufescens is a drought-tolerant shrub or small tree from the semi-arid Sahel of Africa, grown in dry gardens for its form and foliage. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil, and it is best kept lean on water.
Bauhinia rufescens is a shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to semi-arid areas of Africa such as the Sahel.
It is usually 1–3 meters high but can grow to 8 meters. It appears to have thorns which are actually leafless shoots. Leaves are a deep shade of green. Seeds in bunches of dark brown pods.
Dwarf White Bauhinia · Bauhinia augusti · Kei Bauhinia · Bauhinia divaricata · Bauhinia flagelliflora · Cow's-foot · African plume · Bauhinia haughtii · Bauhinia integerrima · Texasplume · Bagnaky · Bauhinia mombassae
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bauhinia rufescens 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.
