Bauhinia acuminata
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Description
Shrub up to 3 m high.
Leaves: stipules linear, pubescent, c. 1 cm long, tardily caducous; petiole pubescent, grooved or angular, 3-5 cm; lamina ovate to suborbicular, 12-15(-20) cm diam., 9-11-nerved; bifid l/3( — 1/2); tip of lobes triangular acute, base subtruncate; upper surface glabrous, lower greyish brown pubescent particularly on the nerves.
Inflorescences lateral and terminal short racemes with 3-10 flowers; pedicels robust, 5-15(-20) mm; bracts and bracteoles linear, acuminate, 6-8 mm; bracteoles inserted below the middle of the pedicel.
Petals white, sub- equal, oblong, obtuse, 4-6 cm long with short claw.
Stamens 10 fertile; filaments hairy at base, 15-25 mm; anthers 3-6 mm with hairy connective.
Ovary subglabrous, stipi- tate; style subglabrous, c. 15 mm; stigma small, peltate.
Seeds 5-11, flat, orbicular, up to 7 mm diam.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present), SE Asia present, Timor present, monsoon area of continental SE Asia and Malesia present
SE Asia, described from Sri Lanka, indigenous to the monsoon area of continental SE Asia and Malesia: Java, Borneo, Philippines, Timor.. It is also widely cultivated and a frequent escape from gardens.
Citation
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