878 — 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

Piliostigma thonningii

Common names

Bell bauhinia (English)

Flor de azufre (English)

Guacamaya Americana (English)

Mariposa (English)

St. Thomas tree (English)

Thomas tree (English)

Yellow bauhinia (English)

Yellow bell (English)

Yellow bell bauhinia (English)

Yellow bell orchid tree (English)

Yellow butterfly tree (English)

Yellow orchid tree (English)

Bauhinia (French)

Bauhinier (French)

 

Баухиния войлочная (Russian)

 

Kaha-petang (India)

Kachnar (India (Hindi))

Kanchana (India (Hindi))

Asmantaka (India (Sanskrit))

Phalgu (India (Sanskrit))

Kattatti (India (Tamil))

Tiruvatti (India (Tamil))

Description

Medium-sized light yellow pendulous bell-shaped flower with or without a dark maroon spot at the base of one petal; borne singly or in pairs from the leaf axils. A large shrub or small tree.