Bauhinia Mombassae

Family: Fabaceae, Leguminosae – Caesalpiniaceae
Medium shrub /small tree

Status: endangered. Endemic to the coast. Sun or shade

The flowers are rich in pollen and nectar, attract various insects such as butterflies and bees. These insects will attract insect eating birds. This is also a host plant for many butterfly species, with the larvae feeding on the leaves.

Available from Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery

Butterflies / Moths :

• Charaxes castor
• Charaxes saturnus
• Deudorix antalus
• Eumeta cervina
• Gonimbrasia hecate
• Holocerina angulata
• Imbrasia alcinoe
• Micraphe lateritia
• Eudasychira georgiana
• Euproutia aggravaria
• Achaea catella