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Adenanthera pavonina, Adenanthera gersenii, Adenanthera polita, Corallaria parvifolia Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Red Sandalwood, Coral Bean Tree, Saga , Sagaseed Tree, Red-bead Tree, Raktakambal, Kokriki Origin: India             A medium-sized tree up to 15 m high, Adenanthera pavonina is native to India and Malaysia. It has been planted extensively throughout the tropics as an ornamental and has become naturalized in many countries. The tiny flowers are said to smell vaguely like orange blossoms. The slender flattened pods become twisted as they split open at maturity to release up to 12 brilliant red, lens - shaped, extremely hard seeds. The ripened pods stay on the tree for some time. The seeds are used in necklaces and ornaments, as beads in jewellery, leis and rosaries. They were also used in ancient India for weighing gold. The seeds are curiously similar in weight. Four seeds make up about one gramme. In fact the name "saga" is traced to the Arabic term for "goldsmith". In Malaysia and Indonesia, the trees provide shade and planted as "nurse trees" in coffee, clove and rubber plantations. Although the raw seeds are toxic, when cooked they are edible: are roasted, shelled and then eaten with rice in Java, Indonesia. In Melanesia and Polynesia people call it the "food tree". The seeds are said to taste like soy bean. The young leaves can be cooked and eaten, but usually only during famine. The hard reddish wood of the red sandalwood tree is used for cabinet making. A red dye, obtained from the wood, is used by Brahmins to mark religious symbols on their foreheads. A red powder made from the wood is used as an antiseptic paste. In Ancient Indian medicine, the ground seeds are used to treat boils and inflammations. A decoction of the leaves is used to treat gout and rheumatism. The bark was used to wash hair. |  |
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 | Amherstia nobilis Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Pride of Burma, Orchid Tree Origin: Myanmar (Burma)    Perhaps the most beautiful of flowering tropical trees, certainly attractive enough to earn the sobriquet Queen of Flowering Trees. Obscure origins add to the mystique of this noble petite tree. It has only been collected from the wild a couple of times, in the forests of Burma, leading to its common name Pride of Burma. The tree has compound leaves and a great profusion of large, irregular, yellow-spotted scarlet flowers. The genus is named after Lady Sarah Amherst, who collected plants in Asia in the early Nineteenth century. Not only is she commemorated in one of the most beautiful of the worlds trees, she also lends her name to Lady Amherst pheasant one of the most elegant birds. The new leaves are produced in flaccid pale tassels that turn purplish before they green and open out. When not in flower, Amherstia looks similar to Saracca, another Asian legume genus. The leaves unfurl in handkerchief fashion like the Brownea and Maniltoa. New leaf growth is reddish, hangs down at first. |  |
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 | Baikiaea insignis Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Baikiaea Origin: Tropical Africa   Flowers are white or cream, very fragrant. |  |
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 | Barnebydendron riedelii, Phyllocarpus riedelii, Phyllocarpus septentrionalis Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Phyllocarpus Origin: Central America  The scarlet flowers appear in clustered racemes with prominent stamens. |  |
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 Bauhinia racemosa | Bauhinia acuminata, Bauhinia racemosa Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Dwarf White Orchid Tree, White Bauhinia, Kaa-long, Snowy Orchid Origin: Malaysia, now widely cultivated in the Asian tropics  Semi-deciduous large shrub or small tree with white butterfly-like flowers, everblooming (Flower season: Spring through fall). Drought tolerant. Bauhinia acuminata is very sensitive to cold wind; while similar looking Bauhinia racemosa (with pointed petals) is hardier species. Pea shaped pod with 4 to 6 seeds. See article about this plant. See article about bauhinias. |  |
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 | Bauhinia aureifolia Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Gold Leaf Bauhinia Origin: Thailand   B. aureifolia, which was discovered in Thailand in 1983: a beautiful climber that needs full light and good humidity. The cultivated plants range from pure white to dark purple and pink, while the wild ones have often white petals with pinkish patches. This plant prefers dry to intermediate sites in any altitude range from sea level. Delicately fragrant in the evening, blooms May to November at 3-5 years old in any well drained soil with full light. Watch red spider mites and borers. Propagation by seeds from seed cases that have turned brown, also by cuttings and layering. Good branching. See picture. See article about bauhinias. |  |
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 | Bauhinia bassacensis Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Bauhinia Origin: SE Asia Unusual vining bauhinia with large leaves and white large flowers. Tropical plant, very cold sensitive. Needs support. The plant grows as a large woody vine. See article about bauhinias. |  |
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 | Bauhinia bidentata Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Orange Bauhinia Origin: Thailand  Bauhinia is a genus in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers, Swiss-French botanists. Common names include: orchid tree, purple orchid tree, mountain ebony, poor man's orchid. Orchid trees are native to northern India, Thailand, Vietnam and southeastern China. See article about bauhinias. |  |
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 | Bauhinia blakeana Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Hong Kong Orchid Tree Origin: Hong Kong  The most beautiful orchid tree. The tree was originally described as a new species in 1908 after being discovered on the near Hong Kong around 1880 and was named after a Hong Kong governor Sir Henry Blake who had a strong interest in botany. The tree is of medium size with alternate large heart shaped leaves. Large deep-purple flowers appears from January to May. The beautiful display of slightly fragrant orchid-like blooms makes the tree so desirable for the landscape. The flowers attract butterflies and bees. The species is believed to be sterile and will not set seed so the plant will not drop long pods as other orchid trees do. The flower of Bauhinia blakeana was adopted as the emblem of Hong Kong in 1965. See Article about Bauhinia blakeana. See article about bauhinias. |  |
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 | Bauhinia bowkeri Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Kei White Bauhinia, Bowker's Bauhinia, Keibeesklou Origin: South Africa Bauhinia bowkeri is a much-branched, scrambling, woody shrub with a graceful arching habit that can reach a height of 5-6 m. The bark is greyish-brown. The leaves, like all South African bauhinias, are distinctively butterfly-like and consist of two rounded, nearly semi-circular lobes fused along the inner margins as if on a hinge. Bauhinia bowkeri is a rare endemic of the thicket or valley bushveld region in the Eastern Cape. The soil is fertile and the climate is hot. Frost is rare, but mild if it does occur. Rainfall is mainly during the warmer summer months, ranging between 800 - 1250 mm per annum, and winters are dry. See picture. |  |
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