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Brazilian orchid tree
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Brazilian orchid tree

Bauhinia forficata

Bauhinia forficata, commonly known as Brazilian orchid tree,Pata de Vaca,, Pezuña de Vaca is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 139568.