Bauhinia andersonii
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Description
Tendrilled woody climber; young branches ferrugineous pubescent, later glabrous.
Leaves: stipules early caducous (not seen); petiole 3-14 cm, ferrugineous pubescent to subglabrous; lamina ovate to suborbicular, 8.5-26 by 8-23 cm; 1 l-15(-17)-nerved; bifid 1 /3-1 /2 with narrow sinus; tip of lobes acute, slightly falcate, base cordate; upper surface glabrous, lower ferrugineous pubescent to subglabrous.
Inflorescences lateral and terminal, silky ferrugineous panicles on stout branches; partial inflorescences corymbs, later elongating to racemes, up to 26 cm; pedicels 1-3 cm; bracts lanceolate, 7-10 mm, early caducous; bracteoles linear, 3-5 mm, inserted about the middle of the pedicel or just below the hypanthium.
Petals yellow to scarlet, unequal, ferrugineous-villous outside, glabrous inside, posterior one often smallest, lanceolate, short-clawed; 4 remaining ones circular to obovate, tapering towards the base, 20-30 mm long including the 3-8 mm long claw.
Stamens 3 fertile; filaments glabrous to sparsely hairy, 5-7 mm; anthers glabrous, as long as filaments; staminodes absent (or 1 minute).
Ovary ferrugineous pubescent, 6-8 mm long, on a 2-4 mm long, pubescent stipe; style hairy, 10-13 mm, in bud S-shaped, straightening during anthesis; stigma capitate, c. 2 mm; ovules 6-11.