Bauhinia purpurea
Family Fabaceae – Caesalpinioideae (Purple Bauhinia, Orchid or Butterfly Tree). There are four native Bauhinia species in Zimbabwe, but although you see this one in many gardens in Harare, it is not an indigenous species. Bauhinia purpurea is a tropical and subtropical plant, native to East and South-East Asia, usually growing where the rainfall is […]