Bauhinia hirsuta
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Description
Shrub up to 3 m high.
Leaves: stipules linear-subulate, c. 1 cm long, caducous; petiole pubescent, grooved or angular, 2-5 cm; lamina suborbicular, often broader than long, 9-16 cm diam., 7-9-nerved; bifid 1/4-1/3 with broad sinus; tip of lobes triangular-obtuse, base shallowly cordate; upper surface glabrous, lower brownish pubescent particularly on the nerves.
Inflorescences: lateral, short, few-flowered racemes; pedicels 5-15 cm; bracts and bracteoles similar, subulate, 3-6 mm; bracteoles inserted below the middle of the pedicel.
Petals white, oblong, obtuse, 3-4 by 1.5 cm with short claw.
Stamens 10 fertile, subequal; filaments 7-20 mm, hairy at base; anthers 2-5 mm.
Ovary subglabrous; stipitate; style glabrous, 10 mm; stigma small, peltate.
Seeds 5-10, flat, oblong, up to 8 mm diam.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, From S China through continental SE Asia present, Malay Peninsula to Java and possibly Madura present
From S China through continental SE Asia; Malesia: Malay Peninsula to Java and possibly Madura
Citation
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 76
Wunderlin, Larsen & Larsen 1987 – In: Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk.: 13.
Backer & Bakh.f 1964 – In: Fl. Java: 532
Backer 1911: Schoolfl. Java: 417
Larsen & Larsen 1973 – In: Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc.: 11
K.Heyne 1950: Nutt. Pl. Indon., ed. 3: 736
Larsen & Larsen 1984 – In: Fl. Thailand: 13
Larsen & Larsen 1980 – In: Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam: 157