Bauhinia tomentosa
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Description
Tree up to 4 m; young branches brownish pubescent.
Leaves: stipules linear, c. 1 cm; petiole pubescent, 1-3 cm; lamina suborbicular, often broader than long, 4-8 cm diam., 7-9-nerved; bifid 1/3-1/2 with broad sinus; tip of lobes rounded; base truncate to shallowly cordate; upper surface glabrous, lower brownish pubescent.
Inflorescences lateral, few-flowered, short racemes; pedicels c. 1 cm; bracts subulate, c. 5 mm; bracteoles similar but smaller, inserted about the middle of the pedicel.
Petals yellow or yellow with a dark purple blotch on the median petal, subequal, broadly obovate, 4-5 cm, short-clawed.
Stamens 10 fertile, unequal; filaments 1-2 cm, pubescent at base; anthers 2-3 mm.
Ovary shortly stipitate, white tomentose; style glabrous towards the peltate stigma.
Seeds c. 5, flat, suborbicular, c. 1 cm diam.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present, tropical Asia present
Origin in tropical Asia, probably spontaneous in India. In Malesia only cultivated.
Citation
Willd. 1799 – In: Sp. Pl.: 511
Roxb. 1832 – In: Fl. Ind., ed. Carey: 323
Ridley 1922 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 634
Quisumb. 1951: Med. Pl. Philipp.: 368
Trimen 1894 – In: Fl. Ceylon: 116
Ham. 1822 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: 498
Rudd 1991 – In: Fl. Ceylon: 38.
Larsen & Larsen 1980 – In: Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam: 158
Bor & Raizada 1940 – In: J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.: pl. 4
Wight & Arn. 1834: Prodr.: 295
Backer 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 417
Wunderlin, Larsen & Larsen 1987 – In: Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk.: 14
Corner 1940: Wayside Trees: 382
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 75
Larsen & Larsen 1973 – In: Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc.: 18
DC. 1825 – In: Prodr.: 514
Craib 1928 – In: Fl. Siam. Enum.: 531
Baker 1878 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 275
Compton 1912 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 14
Prain 1897 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 178
Gagnep. 1913 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 148
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 366
Korth. 1841: Kruidk.: 85
Corner 1952: Wayside Trees, ed. 2: 382
Burm.f. 1768: Fl. Ind.: 94
Hassk. 1848: Pl. Jav. Rar.: 410
de Wit 1956 – In: Reinwardtia: 409
Larsen & Larsen 1984 – In: Fl. Thailand: 14
K. Heyne 1950: Nutt. Pl. Indon., ed. 3: 737
Benth. 1852 – In: Miq., Pl. Jungh.: 261