French Peanut, Malabar Chestnut, Guiana Chestnut (Bombax glabra)

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IslandJim Keizer, OR(Zone 8b) Sep 20, 2003

Common name: French Peanut, Malabar Chestnut, Guiana Chestnut
Family: Bombacaceae
Genus: Bombax
Species glabra

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/58917/

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Sep 20, 2003

Isnīt it a Bauhinia?

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IslandJim Keizer, OR(Zone 8b) Sep 21, 2003

I don't think so [neither does Selby Botanical Garden, which is where I got the ID]. The flower actually looks like a miniature Bombax cieba [or ceiba] flower. Some well-meaning sole screwed up the common names, also.

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Sep 21, 2003

The bi-leaflets leaf made me think it was a Bauhinia. Shouldnīt it have palmate leaves?

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Monocromatico Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(Zone 11) Sep 21, 2003

I just found pictures on the University of Hawaii website of Bombax glabra, and other nursery websites featuring a completely different plant. Take a look:

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/page3.htm

I got fooled by the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Gardenīs identification of some plants more than once...

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IslandJim Keizer, OR(Zone 8b) Sep 21, 2003

You are absolutely right. Sorry, sorry, sorry. The correct ID is Bauhinia galpinii. I informed the site of my error [cringe] so maybe they will correct it soon.

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Butterflies4Africa Pretoria, South Africa Jun 30, 2008

I bought a plant with similar flowers. I was told it's a Bauhinia galpinii - but it has a different shape leaves ( oblong / lanceolate). Do you what plant this could be?

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toddyarts Fort Myers, FL Jul 26, 2011

I bought this as medium shrub and it is now 20" tall x 10" wide and I am ready to take it out as it has totally overwhelmed the space.

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