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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 PURPUREA L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 375. 1753.
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Synonym
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Baubinia retusa Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 1:599. 1810, fide Spreng. Baubinia triandra Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2:320. 1832, fide Ind. Kew. Baubinia platyphylla Zipp. ex Span. in Linnaea 15:201. 1841.
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Description
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Introduced, unarmed, ornamental shrub, branchlets glabrous to lightly pubes- cent. Leaves broadly orbicular, cordate to truncate basally, usually prominently 9-veined, glabrous to lightly pubescent below, up to 13 cm. long and 16 cm. broad, shallowly cleft apically, lobes obtuse, rounded; petiole angled, callous-swollen apically and basally, up to 4 cm. long. Inflorescence terminal or subterminal,
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Introduced
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Habit
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shrub
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Description
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several- to many-flowered. Flowers conspicuous, 3-4 cm. long; calyx scarcely spathaceous, tube up to 1 cm. long, limb up to 2.5 cm. long; petals clawed, spatulate-obovate, about 3.5 cm. long; fertile stamens 3, glabrous; anthers linear- oblong, versatile, 7 mm. long in bud; ovary long-stipitate, densely pubescent, with a truncate stigma. Legume smooth, linear, up to about 30 cm. long.
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Distribution
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Introduced to New World tropics from Asia.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Balboa, Steyermark s.n. (Jan. 7, 1935); Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck I76.
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