Pata-de-vaca ou Árvore-orquídea: Folhas e Flores
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Pata-de-vaca, unha-de-vaca, bauínia, árvore-orquídea (Bauhinia variegata 'Candida'). Há também com flores rosas. As de flores brancas, como estas das imagens, são chamadas de árvore-orquídea. Família das leguminosas. Árvore que pode atingir até 8 metros. Muito encontrada em paisagismo urbano. É vista do Piauí ao Rio Grande do Sul, nas matas do cerrado e do complexo atlântico. No inverno e na primavera se cobre de flores brancas. Seu nome, pata-de-vaca, é devido à forma de suas folhas, como podemos ver através das fotos que fizemos especialmente para este post.
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