EPPO Global Database

Bauhinia tomentosa(BAUTO)

Overview
Code created in: 2012-09-30

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BAUTO
  • Preferred name: Bauhinia tomentosa
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Yemen), Sudan and Somalia to Angola and Mozambique, South Africa. Cultivated as an ornamental shrub. Introduced in Himalayas, India, Sir Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam), Malesia (Malaya), China (including Taiwan), Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Caribbean, New Guinea


Common names
Name Language
bell bauhinia English
bush neat's foot English (ZA)
St Thomas tree English
yellow bauhinia English
gelbe Bauhinie German
árbol de Santo Tomás Spanish
pata de vaca Spanish
patevaco Spanish
bosbeesklou Afrikaans