Pride Of The Cape
Bauhinia galpinii
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Pride Of The Cape
Identify Pride Of The Cape by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Bilobed (two leaflets, often butterfly-shaped).
- Confirm leaf shape: Orbicular.
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pride Of The Cape.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bauhinia galpinii
- Genus
- Bauhinia
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- South Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bilobed (two leaflets, often butterfly-shaped)recorded
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“The leaves are bilobed, each having a symmetrical pair of rounded lobes joined symmetrically about a midrib, with a small, soft mucronule in the notch at the tip.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- LobedrecordedThe edge is divided into rounded or pointed sections that don't reach the midrib.“The leaves are bilobed, each having a symmetrical pair of rounded lobes joined symmetrically about a midrib, with a small, soft mucronule in the notch at the tip.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pride Of The Cape itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pride Of The Cape itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Pride Of The Cape
Pride of the Cape (Bauhinia galpinii) belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. It is planted. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Pride Of The Cape belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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