879 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Rosidae
► Order Fabales
► Family Fabaceae [= Leguminosae] - Pea family
► Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
► Tribe Cercideae
► Genus Bauhinia L. - Bauhinia
Synonyms
Common names
Bauhinia (English)
Dwarf white bauhinia (English)
Dwarf white orchid tree (English)
Kaa-long (English)
Orchid tree (English)
Snowy orchid (English)
White bauhinia (English)
White orchid tree (English)
Bauhinia (French)
Bauhinier (French)
Баухиния акумината (Russian)
Kanchan (India (Hindi))
Vellai mandaarai (India (Tamil))
Description
Medium-sized pure white saucer-shaped flower with five broad petals and conspicuous golden anthers; borne in very short racemes. A medium to large shrub with the camels-foot leaves typical of the genus.
Life shall be bathed in my flames and be purified gold or be ashes.
Sri Aurobindo. Ilion. Book Eight.The Book of the Gods // Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 5. - Collected Poems
There are many golden ornaments, but the reality of them all is the gold; it is that alone which has value. So Brahman only is worth having; the rest is name and form and mere vanity.
Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library in 30 Volumes. - Volume 17. - The Hour of God