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Bauhinia forficata · Fabaceae · all Bauhinia records · also called Bauhinia forficata · Wikipedia

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Form
shrub
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (20)
Corroboration (20 rows from 1 source)

  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    20 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study deOliveira2021: de Oliveira, M. D., & Giongo, M. (2022). Relationship between moisture content and flammability of Cerrado species in Southern Tocantins. Floresta, 52, 122-130.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site deOliveira2021-1; sampling october.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 100”

          FLAMITS record 2674.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 98”

          FLAMITS record 2683.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 94”

          FLAMITS record 2692.

        • “ignition frequency (%): 78”

          FLAMITS record 2701.

        • “time to flaming (s): 2.81”

          FLAMITS record 2710.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.62”

          FLAMITS record 2719.

        • “time to flaming (s): 14.81”

          FLAMITS record 2728.

        • “time to flaming (s): 13.11”

          FLAMITS record 2737.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 2818.

        • “flammability value: 2”

          FLAMITS record 2827.

        • “flammability value: 1”

          FLAMITS record 2836.

        • “flammability value: 1”

          FLAMITS record 2845.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 11.27”

          FLAMITS record 2746.

        • “burning duration (s): 10.14”

          FLAMITS record 2755.

        • “burning duration (s): 6.84”

          FLAMITS record 2764.

        • “burning duration (s): 3.85”

          FLAMITS record 2773.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 40.24”

          FLAMITS record 2782.

        • “flame height (cm): 26.6”

          FLAMITS record 2791.

        • “flame height (cm): 22.28”

          FLAMITS record 2800.

        • “flame height (cm): 14.9”

          FLAMITS record 2809.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Bauhinia forficata (Bauhinia forficata). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/bauhinia-forficata/. Last verified 2026-08-25.