Fabaceae
Bauhinia

Bauhinia mendoncae Torre & Hillc.

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 29: 36 (1955)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Angola to Zambia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock and R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007

Morphology General Habit
Suffrutex 40 cm high to small tree 3.3 m high.
Morphology Branches
Young branches tomentellous with spreading brown hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves: petiole 0.6–1.5 cm; lamina (2)3–7(9.2) cm from base of midrib to tip of lobes, lobed for half to two thirds of its length with the angle between the lobes 20–45°, cordate to sometimes truncate at the base, the lobes rather narrow and often rather distinctly obtusely pointed, glabrescent above, fairly densely covered with irregularly spreading brown hairs beneath, especially on the rather prominent veins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence usually 1–5-flowered, these sometimes aggregating into small lax panicles; axes brown-tomentose; pedicels c.4 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
Hypanthium 2.5–5.2 cm, ± linear but broadening somewhat above, brown-tomentose, longitudinally ribbed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1.8–3.2 cm, the bud obtusely pointed but often with filiform sepal tips extending beyond, tomentose like the hypanthium.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 3.2–6 cm long, 1.4–2.8 cm broad, elliptic to obovate with undulate-crisped margins, with a claw 0.5–1.8 cm, white.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium
Fertile stamens 5; 5 staminodes united for nearly all their length into a yellow linear-oblong or spathulate strap, 1.5–3 × 1–2.5 cm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary brown villous; stigma capitate-peltate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 7–16.5 × 2–2.5 cm, irregularly oblong to linear-oblong, rusty brown-tomentose when young but somewhat glabrescent when older and revealing a dark reddish-brown surface.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds reddish brown, 1.2–1.6 × 0.9–1.2 cm,.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0