WorldFloraDB - Bauhinia hirsuta

Characteristics

Shrub up to 3 m high. Young branches brownish pubescent, later glabrous. 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. Buds fusiform, densely pubescent, up to 4 cm long, terminated by 5 free, subulate calyx-teeth, 2-3 mm long. Hypanthium turbinate, c. 5 mm. Calyx splitting spathaceous at anthesis. 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. Pods dehiscent, linear, septate with curved apex, glabrous; sutures not raised as in Bauhinia acuminata. Seeds 5-10, flat, oblong, up to 8 mm diam.

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Shrubs, to 3 m tall. Young branches brownish pubescent or hirsute. Stipules linear or spinelike, ca. 1 cm; petiole 2-5 cm, ridged; leaf blade broadly ovate or cordate, 6-11(-16) × 6-11 cm, subleathery, abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous, primary veins 9, base shallowly cordate, apex bifid to 1/4, lobes obtuse at apex. Inflorescence a short raceme, few (2-5) flowered, axillary or terminal; bracts and bracteoles linear, 3-6 mm, pubescent. Flower buds narrowly fusiform, pubescent, acuminate at apex, tapering into 5 linear, pubescent teeth 2-5 mm. Hypanthium tubular. Calyx spathe open on one side. Petals white, ovate-oblong, 3-3.5 × ca. 1.5 cm, subsessile. Fertile stamens 10 in 2 whorls, subequal, to 2 cm, pubescent at base; anthers yellow, oblong. Ovary stalked, pubescent only near base and on margin; style to 2 cm, glabrous; stigma peltate, small. Legume straight or slightly curved, linear-oblanceolate, 6-9 × ca. 1.5 cm, compressed, beaked; valves leathery, glabrous, without ridges on suture. Seeds 3-10, compressed, ca. 8 mm in diam. Fl. Apr, fr. Jun-Aug.

A tree.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

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Foliage retention

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Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

3.0

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a tropical plant.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	animal food fiber medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Apertif(Veterinary) (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	21 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°)	23 - 29
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:481376-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000196986
COL ID	L436
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bauhinia parvula Bauhinia hirsuta Bauhinia acuminata var. hirsuta

WorldFloraDB 2024

Bauhinia hirsuta Weinm.

Species