1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
South-Eastern Asia, Southeastern Asia, China
World/Pandemic, Europe, Asia
1.4 Types
Purple Orchid Tree, White Orchid Tree, Bidi leaf tree
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Forests, Mountain Slopes, Valley
Cultivated Beds, gardens
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Not Available
1.9 Habit
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
760.00 cm10.20 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
17.80 cm15.20 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Light Pink, Magenta, Violet
Purple, Pink
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Green, Sandy Brown
Not Available
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Gray Green
Purple, Dark Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Gray Green
Purple, Dark Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Gray Green, Yellow green
Not Available
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Gray Green, Yellow green
Light Green
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Butterfly shaped
Oval to egg shaped
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer
Not Available
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
No Shade, Partial shade
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring
Spring, Late Spring
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Budding, Grafting, Seedlings
Root Division, Seedlings
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Water Deeply
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Slightly Acidic
4.5.2 Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Moist, Well drained
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Moist, Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
No Shade, Partial shade
4.7 Pruning
Remove branches, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Pinch or prune as they grow to promote branching and bushiness, Remove deadheads
4.8 Fertilizers
Apply N-P-K
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
no allergic reactions
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Ground Cover
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification, Nesting sites for birds, Shadow Tree
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Carminative, Laxative
Astringent, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Purgative, Styptic
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Buds, Flowers, Leaves, Root, Seeds, Stem
Flowers, Leaves
6.2.3 Other Uses
Fibre, Gum, Used as a dye
Employed in herbal medicine, Used in Homeopathy
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Feature Plant, Shade Trees, Street Trees, Tropical
Groundcover
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
BAUHINIA purpurea
LAMIUM purpureum
7.2 Common Name
Butterfly Tree, Orchid Tree
Purple Archangel, Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle
7.2.1 In Hindi
Butterfly tree
Purple Deadnettle
7.2.2 In German
Schmetterlings- Baum
Lila Taubnessel
7.2.3 In French
arbre de papillon
Violet Ortie blanche
7.2.4 In Spanish
árbol de la mariposa
Púrpura Deadnettle
7.2.5 In Greek
δέντρο πεταλούδα
μωβ Deadnettle
7.2.6 In Portuguese
árvore borboleta
Roxo Deadnettle
7.2.7 In Polish
drzewo Butterfly
Jasnota purpurowa
7.2.8 In Latin
Gloria ligno
Purpura Deadnettle
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
Caesalpinioideae
Lamioideae
8.10 Number of Species