African plume
Bauhinia galpinii N.E.Br.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- —
- wide
- 3.2 m
Fabaceae
Formerly Perlebia galpinii
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Liana or shrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Trop. & S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
- Spread
- 1.8 m to 4.6 mRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Flowers
- RedRead from UF/IFAS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: UF/IFAS red; Wikipedia orange, pink, red
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
Not known yet: height, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 嘉氏羊蹄甲
- Simplified Chinese
- 嘉氏羊蹄甲, 非洲羊蹄甲
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Bauhinia galpinii (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.