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Bauhinia purpurea

Botanical name :	Bauhinia purpurea
English name :	Purple Camel's Foot

The whole tree thumbnail 1

Tree in full blossom thumbnail 2

Flowers in light pink to crimson, base white thumbnail 3

Leaves shaped like sheep hoof thumbnail 4

Fruits are legumes thumbnail 5

Fruit valves woody, split and twist to eject seeds when mature thumbnail 6

Bark of trunk greyish, smooth thumbnail 7