Dear Phuntsog,

Eduardo is correct.

For Bauhinia acuminata L. I write:

Fl. & Fr.: March–February. Pods may persist up to October.

By this I want to mean that pods may persist up to October after it becomes fully mature in February.

Best wishes,

Subir.

Thank You for your concern@Eduardo Antonio Molinari-Novoa ,Subir Bandyopadhyay 

Hello!

in pomology we talk about pigmy fruits. For example in apples there are some thinners that if they are applied later than the right time they causes that the fruit remain in the tree attached without growing, ending in a black color, very hard 10 mm of size more or less. this is a problem because it causes a reducing yield the next season (because of the GA presence in the seeds of the permanent fruit s that produce a reduce flower induction). These type of fruits are called pigmy