Could well be - leaves and spines look right.

Well thank you, now the question is what kind is it? Or is that something that will have to wait for, until the flower blooms?

Sorry, I can't help you further. As you can see from my location Bauhinia is not one of my local trees ;-)

hi

There is a huge family of Bauhinia plus many hybrids . has the "Ox hoof " foliage but seems more indented than those I'm familiar with . Since you grew it from seed obviously not a sterile hybrid lol Probably have to wait for the flower. gary