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Bauhinia brachycarpa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Wallich ex Bentham

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Chongqing
• Gansu
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hubei
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane areas
• coastal

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Scrambling shrub or small tree with glabrous branches. Glabrous 2-lobed leaves to 75mm x 80mm.White flowers in terminal racemes to 50 flowers, petals to 8mm. Fruit a leathery legume to 65mm long.

Further References

• Phillips & Rix 1997
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Mobot
• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Kew