Bauhinia burbidgei
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Description
Tendrilled liana up to 30 m; young shoots densely reddish brown tomentose, later glabrous, greyish brown.
Leaves: stipules early caducous (not seen); petiole short, stout, 3-7 mm, reddish brown tomentose; lamina oblong to elliptic oblong, 8-18 by 4-6.5 cm, base obtuse to cuneate, apex acuminate with a c. 1 cm long acumen; upper surface glabrous, lower sparsely hairy, particularly on the nerves; nerves 3, prominent, distinctly impressed on upper surface, on the lower connected by several prominent perpendicular cross veins.
Inflorescences lateral and terminal reddish brown corymbs, up to 11 cm long; pedicels 3-4.5 cm; bracts ovate oblong, acute, 10-15 by 5-7 mm; bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, 6-10 by 1-2 mm, inserted about the middle of the pedicel.
Petals orange to red, short-clawed, subequal, obovate, 16-24 by 8-20 mm.
Stamens 3 fertile; filaments glabrous, 7-11 mm; anthers 1.5 mm diam.; staminodes 3-5, 3-7 mm long.
Ovary c. 5 mm, shortly stipitate, reddish brown hirsute, laterally glabrescent; style c. 5 mm, glabrous at least in upper part; stigma capitate.
Seeds unknown.