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Bauhinia variegata
Medium-sized deciduous tree. Leaves have two lobes and resemble a camel's foot, hence the Arabic name "khuff el gamal" or "camel hoof" (Photo #2). The flowers are fragrant and come in a range of pinks and some varieties are white (Photo #5). Pods (Photo #4) grow to about 15 - 30 cm long and are flat and until they completely mature and split open. The tree is native to India and China and is used for food, medicine, dyeing, tanning, gum, and farm implements. [The Street Trees of Egypt, Revised Edition]
a common street tree in Ma'adi, Cairo, although not native to Egypt
aka Orchid Tree, Mountain Ebony
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Three, very pretty, flower photos....
Your welcome....
Thank you!
Photo No. 4: is a very pretty, and a very unusual photo....