Bauhinia subg. Bauhinia

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Bauhinia subg. Bauhinia

Description

Trees or shrubs with 2-lobate or 2-foliolate leaves. Stipules deciduous, intrastipular trichomes ± well developed, sometimes spinescent. Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Petals usually 5. Fertile stamens 0-10; anthers ellipsoid-oblong to linear, opening longitudinally.

Distribution

Pantropical present
140 species; pantropical.

Citation

de Wit 1956 – In: Reinwardtia: 418.