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Bauhinia phoenicea B. Heyne ex Wight & Arn.
baw-HIN-ee-uh -- named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians and botanists ...
Dave's Botanary
feen-ih-KEE-uh -- referring to the genus
Phoenix, or the color purple ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: crimson mountain ebony, scarlet bauhinia •
Kannada: ಕೆಂಪು ಯಾತಬಳ್ಳಿ kempu yathaballi •
Malayalam: വള്ളിമന്ദാരം vallimandaram •
Tamil: தூக்கரக்களி thukarakkali
Endemic to: s Western Ghats (of India)
References:
Flowers of India •
Herbarium JCB
