Bauhinia ridleyi
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Description
Tendrilled climber, all young parts rusty woolly pubescent.
Leaves: stipules ovate- lanceolate, falcate, c. 3 mm; petioles densely woolly pubescent, 1-2 cm; lamina ovate- oblong, 5-8 by 4-6.5 cm; 9-11-nerved; bifid 1/3-1/2 with rather narrow sinus; tip of lobes subacute to obtuse; base truncate to cordate; upper surface brownish hirsute; lower rusty hirsute.
Inflorescences terminal, short pyramidal, dense-flowered racemes up to 4 cm; pedicels stout, 3-7 mm; bracts ovate, acute, 4-7 mm; bracteoles similar, smaller.
Petals white, narrowly obovate to oblong, obtuse, 15-20 mm long, short-clawed, densely silky tomentose outside.
Stamens 3 fertile; filaments sparsely hairy, 2 cm long; anthers c. 7 mm long; staminodes 2, c. 1 cm.
Ovary densely reddish brown tomentose, 10-12 mm including a short stipe; style thick, 5 mm; stigma large, peltate, 2-3 mm, hairy as ovary.