BAUHINIA MONANDRA 
Bauhinia — John and Caspar Bauhin, 16th century Swiss botanists ; 
monandra — one stamen 
English name : Pink Bauhinia 
Family : 
Leguminosae 
Country of origin: Tropical America (?) 
Colour : pale pink ; one petal yellow 
with crimson spots. 
Garden use : a quick-growing small tree (to 
20 feet), irregularly deciduous 
and flowering beautifully with 
the young leaves ; should have 
a light soil and full sun. 
Propagation : 
from seeds. 
A, 
A full-grown leaf (leaves on flowering twl 
are not fully developed). 
B, fruit (a pod containing several seeds). 
C, the single fertile stamen. 
D, base of flower, showing calyx (undivided), 
bases of petals and of the single stamen, rudi- 
ments of other stamens, and the ovary. 
E, section through base of flower showing ovary 
joined to the tube of the calyx, bases of petals 
and stamen, and stamen-rudiments. 
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