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{{Short description|Species of legume}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Bauhinia acuminata 31 08 2012 (1).jpg
|image_caption = Flower in [[Bardhaman]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].
|genus = Bauhinia
|species = acuminata
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

'''''Bauhinia acuminata''''' is a [[species]] of flowering [[shrub]] native to tropical southeastern [[Asia]]. Common names include '''dwarf white bauhinia''', '''white orchid-tree''' and '''snowy orchid-tree'''.<ref name=pier>Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk: [http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/bauhinia_acuminata.htm ''Bauhinia acuminata'']</ref> The exact native range is obscure due to extensive cultivation, but probably from [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]] ([[Java]], [[Borneo]], [[Kalimantan]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]), and the [[Philippines]].<ref name=grin>{{GRIN | accessdate = 16 January 2018}}</ref>

It grows two to three meters tall. Like the other ''Bauhinia'' species, the [[leaf|leaves]] are bilobed, shaped like an [[ox]] [[hoof]]; they are {{convert|6|to|15|cm|in|frac=4}} long and broad, with the apical cleft up to {{convert|5|cm|in|0}} deep; the [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] is {{convert|1.5|to|4|cm|in|frac=4}} long. The [[flowers]] are fragrant, {{convert|8|to|12|cm|in|frac=4}} in diameter, with five white petals, ten yellow-tipped [[stamen]]s and a green [[Gynoecium|stigma]]. The [[fruit]] is a [[legume|pod]] {{convert|7.5|to|15|cm|in|frac=4}} long and {{convert|1.5|to|1.8|cm|in|frac=4}} broad. The species occurs in [[deciduous forest]]s and scrub.<ref name=pier/><ref>Flowers of India: [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/White%20Orchid%20Tree.html White Orchid Tree]</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan {{ISBN|0-333-47494-5}}.</ref>

It is widely cultivated throughout the tropics as an [[ornamental plant]]. It may be found as an escape from cultivation in some areas, and has become [[naturalisation (biology)|naturalised]] on the [[Cape York Peninsula]], [[Australia]].<ref name=pier/>

The plant has a number of [[Ethnobotany|ethnobotanical]] uses around the world. The roots are used by the Javanese to treat cough and cold and in India the leaves and bark are used to treat asthma.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NParks {{!}} Bauhinia acuminata|url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/3/6/3605|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.nparks.gov.sg}}</ref> It is also used in many culinary dishes of [[Odisha]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Bauhinia acuminata plantlet 14042014.jpg|Seedling
File:Bauhinia acuminata at Kadavoor.jpg|Flower
File:Bauhinia acuminata flowerbud 22052014.jpg|Young green pod
File:(Bauhinia acuminata) fruits at Bhadrachalam 02.JPG|Pods
File:Bauhinia acuminata 22 08 2012.JPG|Foliage
File:Bauhinia acuminata 18072014 (3).jpg|Stamens, Style, Stigma, Filament
File:Bauhinia acuminata dried pods.jpg|Dried pods
File:Flower and bud of Bauhinia acuminata in West Bengal, India.jpg|Flower and bud in [[West Bengal]], India.
File:Flowers and pods of dwarf white bauhinia (Bauhinia acuminata).jpg|Flowers and pods of a shrub in India
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

*{{Commons category-inline|Bauhinia acuminata}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q2725413}}

[[Category:Bauhinia|acuminata]]
[[Category:Flora of Malesia]]
[[Category:Garden plants of Asia]]
[[Category:Shrubs]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1753]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]
[[Category:Fabales of Asia]]

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