Bauhinia galpinii
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Description
Shrub, sometimes semiscandent but without tendrils, young branches ± densely brown puberulous.
Leaves: stipules linear, 1-3 mm long; petiole slender, puberulous, 1-1.5 cm; lamina suborbicular, usually broader than long, up to 5 cm diam., 7-nerved; bifid 1/5-1/4 with broad sinus; tip of lobes rounded, base broadly to shallowly cor- date; upper surface glabrous, lower sparsely puberulous and with a marginal zone of yellow scales.
Inflorescences lateral, short, few-flowered racemes, axis rusty puberulous; pedicels puberulous, c. 5 mm long; bracts subulate, 2 mm; bracteoles minute, setaceous, inserted at the base of hypanthium.
Petals spathulate, glabrous, 3-3.5 cm long including the 1.5-2 cm long claw, pinkish red to brick-red.
Stamens 3, stout, fleshy, nearly as long as petals, glabrous; anthers ellipsoid-oblong, early caducous; staminodes 7, capillary, few mm long.
Ovary 1 cm, rusty puberulous, stipitate; stipe c. 1 cm long, hairy as ovary; style c. 5 mm, glabrous towards the stigma; stigma inconspicuous.
Seeds 3-5, glossy, brown, oblong to obovate, c. 8 mm across.