Bauhinia potsii var. pottsii
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Description
Shrub often semiscandent, without tendrils.
Leaves: stipules minute, narrow, acute, early caducous; intrastipular trichomes well-developed; petiole 3-4 cm, pubescent; lamina ovate to rotundate, 9-14 by 10-15 cm, 11-15-nerved; bifid l/3( — 1/2) with broad sinus; tip of lobes rounded, base cordate; upper surface brownish puberulous to glabrescent; lower surface rusty pubescent particularly on nerves.
Inflorescences lateral and terminal racemes up to 10 cm long, axis brownish pubescent; pedicels 1-1.5 cm; bracts triangular, 3-5 mm, brownish tomentose; bracteoles similar, inserted about the middle of the pedicel.
Petals red with yellow centre, lanceolate, 4-6 cm long, with claw shorter than blade; the posterior broader than the lateral.
Stamens 3 fertile; filaments glabrous, 3-4.5 cm; anthers linear, 10-12 mm; staminodes few (usually 2), minute, subulate.
Ovary reddish brown hirsute, 1-1.5 cm with a 1-2 cm long hirsute stipe; style 2-3 cm, hirsute; stigma peltate.
Seeds 4-6, flattened, orbicular, 1-1.5 cm diam.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), S Burma present, S Thailand present
S Burma, S Thailand; Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Java.
Citation
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 61
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 61.
Miq. 1850–1852 – In: Anal. Ind.: 12
Baker 1878 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 281
Backer 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 415
Miq. 1850–1852 – In: Anal. Ind.: 12
K. Heyne 1950: Nutt. Pl. Indon., ed. 3: 736.
Craib 1928 – In: Fl. Siam. Enum.: 520
Kurz 1877 – In: Fl. Burma: 398
Merr. 1910 – In: Philipp. J. Sc., Bot.: 46