Yunnan bauhinia
Bauhinia yunnanensis

Family: Fabaceae

What it is like

A woody creeper. It is slender and the branches can be angular. There are tendrils in pairs. The leaves have 2 leaflets. The base is heart shaped. The lobes are oval and 2-5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The flowers are in groups at the ends of branches or opposite the leaves. There are 10-20 flowers in a group 8-18 cm long. The pod is 8-15 cm long by 2 cm wide. There is a beak at the tip.

There are about 250-350 Bauhinia species. Most are in the tropics. Also as Caesalpinaceae.

Where it is found

A subtropical plant. in southern China it grows in thickets on hills between 400-2,000 m above sea level. In XTBG Yunnan. In Sichuan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Brunei, China, Indochina, Indonesia, Myanmar, SE Asia, Thailand

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Pods

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Bohinia kupu-kupu yunan, Cay thoi, Royoong

Synonyms

Bauhina altefissa H. Lev.; Bauhinia colletti Prain; Bauhinia diptera Collett & Hemsl.; Bauhinia mirabilis Merr.; Bracteolanthus dipterus (Miq.) de Wit; Lasiobema yunnanensis (Franch.) A Schmitz; Phanera collettii (Prain) Thoth.; Phanera diptera (Miq.) Miq.;