#533 most planted
Bauhinia forficata
Brazilian orchid tree · also Cow's-foot, Orchid tree, Pata de vaca
1,422
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
2
cities
3.1 in
median trunk (8 cm, 1,404 measured)
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Bauhinia forficata, also known as Brazilian orchid tree, is a flowering species in the pea family (Fabaceae). It grows as a shrub or tree and is native to seasonally dry tropical regions of South America, including Brazil and neighboring countries.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,4170.41%—3.1 in
- 50.00%36 yr1.5 in
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Brazilian Atlantic dry forests
Other Bauhinia in the catalogue
5 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
