Piliostigma malabaricum

Piliostigma malabaricum is a small (sometimes ornamental) tree species in the family Fabaceae.^[2] It was previously placed in the genus Bauhinia, but names changed with reorganisation of the subfamily Cercidoideae^[3] and the tribe Bauhinieae.^[4]

Piliostigma malabaricum
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Piliostigma malabaricum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Cercidoideae
Tribe:	Bauhinieae
Genus:	Piliostigma
Species:	P. malabaricum
Binomial name
Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.)Benth.
Synonyms
Bauhinia malabarica[1]

This species is native to Tropical Asia and N. Australia;^[5] it has been called the "Purple Orchid Tree" (although not to be confused with Bauhinia purpurea or Bauhinia variegata) and names in Vietnamese are: chân trâu and móng bò tai voi. There are no intraspecific names according to Plants of the World Online.^[5]