Common name: Yellow Orchid Tree, St. Thomas Tree, Yellow Bell
Botanical name: Bauhinia tomentosa Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
Pale yellow flowers facing downward. Nice specimen tree for the small yard.
The bell-shaped yellow flowers have a black marking in the throat and may turn
pinkish with age. Leaves smell like burned rubber when rubbed. This vigorous
shrub or small tree is suitable for a mixed border or rockery. Plant in
well-drained soil. A food supplement - Kachnar - is made out of this plant as a
gargle for sore throats, as a paste for skin diseases, or internally as a
remedy for diarrhea.
| Photographed in India
International Centre, Delhi |
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