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(Last Modified On 11/26/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/26/2012)
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Species
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BAUHINIA UNGULATA L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 374. 1753.
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Synonym
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Pauletia inermis Cav. Ic. 5:6, pI. 409. 1799. Bauhinia inermis (Cav.) Pers. Syn. P1. 1:455. 1805. Bauhinia Cavanillei Millsp. in Field Mus. Pvbl. Bot. 1:364. 1898.
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Description
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Unarmed shrub or small tree to 7 m. tall, branchlets brown-pubescent when young. Leaves ovate, glabrous above and pubescent below, conspicuously 9- to 11-nerved, up to 12 cm. long and almost as broad, cleft apically up to I/2 their length, basally rounded to subcordate, lobes lanceolate, acute; petiole about 2 cm. long, calloused basally and at insertion of the blade. Inflorescence a terminal raceme up to 10 cm. long or longer, rufous-pubescent, with pedicels up to 2 cm. long. Flowers whitish, about 4.5 cm. long; calyx elongated, about 4.5 cm. long, subregular, tube about 1 cm. long; petals linear, elongated, about 3 cm. long; fertile stamens 10, up to 4 cm. long, in 2 series; anthers linear, basally sagittate, about 1 cm. long in bud; ovary stipitate, pubescent. Legume linear, lightly pubescent, stipitate, up to 20 cm. long and 1 cm. wide.
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Habit
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shrub tree
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Distribution
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Mexico to northern South America.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Gualaca, Allen 5o6i; San Felix, Pittier 528I. VERAGUAS: headwaters Rio Caniazas, Allen I8I.
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