Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Chihuahuan orchid tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Bauhinia cheilantha
- Bauhinia purpurea
- Bauhinia lunarioides
- Bauhinia variegata
- Bauhinia petersiana
- Bauhinia pentandra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Bauhinia
- Species
- Bauhinia macranthera
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