1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
South-Eastern Asia, Southeastern Asia, China
Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Mediterranean, Northern Africa, Central Asia, Western Asia
1.4 Types
Purple Orchid Tree, White Orchid Tree, Bidi leaf tree
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
3.2 Habitat
Forests, Mountain Slopes, Valley
Cultivated Beds
3.3 USDA Hardiness Zone
3.4 AHS Heat Zone
3.5 Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Not Available
3.6 Habit
Upright/Erect
Prostrate/Trailing
4 Information
4.1 Plant Size
4.1.1 Minimum Height
760.00 cm7.60 cm
0.54
3900
16.1.1 Minimum Width
17.80 cm30.50 cm
0.1
6350
16.11 Plant Color
16.11.1 Flower Color
Light Pink, Magenta, Violet
Hot Pink, Fuchsia, Violet
16.11.2 Flower Color Modifier
16.11.3 Fruit Color
Green, Sandy Brown
Not Available
16.11.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Gray Green
Green, Purple, Gray Green
16.11.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Gray Green
Green, Purple, Gray Green
16.11.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Gray Green, Yellow green
Green, Purple, Gray Green
16.11.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Gray Green, Yellow green
Light Green
16.12 Shape
16.12.1 Leaf Shape
16.13 Thorns
17 Season
17.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer
Spring, Fall, Winter
17.2 Growing Conditions
17.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade, Full Shade
17.2.2 Growth Rate
17.2.3 Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
17.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
17.2.5 Soil Drainage
17.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring
Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter
17.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
17.3 Tolerances
18 Care
18.1 Where to Plant?
18.2 How to Plant?
Budding, Grafting, Seedlings
Divison, From Rhizomes, Layering, Seedlings
18.3 Plant Maintenance
18.4 Watering Plants
18.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Water Deeply
Water occasionally
18.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
18.4.3 In Spring
18.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
18.5 Soil
18.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Alkaline, Neutral, Slightly Acidic, Slightly Alkaline
18.5.2 Soil Type
18.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
18.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial shade
18.7 Pruning
Remove branches, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
18.8 Fertilizers
Apply N-P-K
Not Available
18.9 Pests and Diseases
18.10 Plant Tolerance
19 Facts
19.1 Flowers
19.1.1 Flower Petal Number
19.2 Fruits
19.2.1 Showy Fruit
19.2.2 Edible Fruit
19.3 Fragrance
19.3.1 Fragrant Flower
19.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
19.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
19.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
19.4 Showy Foliage
19.5 Showy Bark
19.6 Foliage Texture
19.7 Foliage Sheen
19.8 Evergreen
19.9 Invasive
19.10 Self-Sowing
19.11 Attracts
19.12 Allergy
Not Available
Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial, Antioxidants, Flavonoids
20 Benefits
20.1 Uses
20.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Showy Purposes
20.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
20.1.3 Edible Uses
20.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification, Nesting sites for birds, Shadow Tree
Not Available
20.2 Plant Benefits
20.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Carminative, Laxative
Antirheumatic, Diaphoretic, Febrifuge, Laxative
20.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Buds, Flowers, Leaves, Root, Seeds, Stem
Flowers, Leaves, Stem
20.2.3 Other Uses
Fibre, Gum, Used as a dye
Used As Food
20.3 Used As Indoor Plant
20.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
20.5 Garden Design
Feature Plant, Shade Trees, Street Trees, Tropical
Edible
21 Scientific Name
21.1 Botanical Name
BAUHINIA purpurea
LAMIUM amplexicaule
21.2 Common Name
Butterfly Tree, Orchid Tree
Henbit, Henbit Deadnettle
21.2.1 In Hindi
Butterfly tree
henbit deadnettle
21.2.2 In German
Schmetterlings- Baum
henbit deadnettle
21.2.3 In French
arbre de papillon
henbit deadnettle
21.2.4 In Spanish
árbol de la mariposa
deadnettle henbit
21.2.5 In Greek
δέντρο πεταλούδα
αυλακόχορτου deadnettle
21.2.6 In Portuguese
árvore borboleta
henbit deadnettle
21.2.7 In Polish
drzewo Butterfly
Henbit jasnota
21.2.8 In Latin
Gloria ligno
henbit deadnettle
22 Classification
22.1 Kingdom
22.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
22.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
22.4 Order
22.5 Family
22.6 Genus
22.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
22.8 Tribe
22.9 Subfamily
Caesalpinioideae
Not Available
22.10 Number of Species