Bauhinia corymbosa
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Description
Slender, tendrilled liana.
Leaves: stipules linear, slightly falcate, pointed, 1.5-2 mm; petiole slender, glabrescent, 1-1.8 cm; lamina ovate, 2-3.5 by 2-4 cm; 7-nerved; bifid until 2/3-3/4 with very narrow sinus; tip of lobes obtuse; base truncate or slightly cordate; upper surface glabrous, lower sparsely reddish pubescent particularly along the nerves.
Inflorescences terminal and lateral, c. 5 cm long, pyramidal or conical corymbs; axis reddish pubescent; bracts subulate, c. 2 mm; bracteoles similar but smaller, inserted in the lower half of the pedicel; pedicel slender, c. 1 cm.
Petals white, subequal, obovate, 10-13 mm long including the short claw, velutinous outside.
Fertile stamens 3; filaments pink, glabrous, 10-13 mm; anthers 2-3 mm; staminodes 7: 2 between the fertile stamens very small, 5 short subulate, c. 4 mm, connate at base.
Ovary pink, glabrous, shortly stipitate, 8-10 mm long including the very short style; stigma oblique, peltate.
Seeds 15 or more, oblong, 7 by 3.5 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical, N Vietnam present
A Chinese species also found in N Vietnam. In Malesia introduced as an ornamental.China
Citation
Roxb. 1832 – In: Fl. Ind., ed. Carey: 329
Larsen & Larsen 1980 – In: Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam: 182
Korth. 1841: Kruidk.: 92
de Wit 1956 – In: Reinwardtia: 488.
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 69
DC. 1825 – In: Prodr.: 515
Wunderlin, Larsen & Larsen 1987 – In: Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk.: 19.
Wall. 1831: Cat.: 5788