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Orchid Tree

Bauhinia purpurea

हिन्दी: कोविदार

IUCN: Least Concern
Orchid Tree (Bauhinia purpurea) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Bauhinia purpurea
Hindi name
कोविदार
Family
Fabaceae, order Fabales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

Orchid-like blooms in pink and purple.

  • Spot it Butterfly-wing leaves and fragrant pink-purple flowers.
  • Home Streets, gardens and open woodland.
  • Food web Bees and sunbirds sip its nectar; its flat pods hold seeds.
  • Why it matters Feeds bees and sunbirds with nectar, adding to pollination, and its shade cools the soil beneath.

Read more: Bauhinia purpurea on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2026, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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