Bauhinia excurrens
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Description
Tendrilled climber, young branches glabrous.
Leaves: stipules early caducous (not seen); petioles glabrous, 3-5 cm; lamina entire, glabrous, 9-11 by 6-7 cm; 9-11-nerved; apex acuminate to caudate; upper surface glabrous, lower sparsely appressed puberulous to subglabrous.
Inflorescences of lateral and terminal, few-flowered corymbs; pedicels c. 5 cm, almost glabrous; bracts early caducous (not seen); bracteoles subulate, 2-3 mm, inserted below the middle.
Petals white (?), lanceolate with a short, distinct claw; glabrous or subglabrous on both sides, c. 2 cm including the claw.
Stamens 3 fertile, not exserted; filaments c. 1.5 cm; anthers elliptic, 1-2 cm; staminodes 2 or 3, c. 2 mm with minute anthers.
Ovary densely brownish silky hairy, on a short stipe; style short, silky hairy; stigma peltate, c. 5 mm across.