Citation: Pedley, Austrobaileya 1:33 (1977).

Synonymy: Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth. forma gilva Bailey, Qld Agric. J. 25:287 (1910); B. carronii sensu J. Black, Fl .S. Aust. 432 (1948).

Common name: Bauhinia.

Description:
Tree, glabrous or nearly so; leaves ovate in outline; leaflets 2, oblique, 2-3 cm long, 3-5-nerved.

Flowers in short racemes: calyx densely pubescent with pale hairs; petals silky outside; filaments, anthers and style long exserted.

Pod to 10 x 3 cm, compressed, oblong or slightly curved, coriaceous, 2-valved, on a stipe to 1 cm long; seeds c. 1.5 x 1 cm, flattened, shining, separated by pithy partitions.

Published illustration: Boomsma (1981) Native trees of South Australia edn 2:88.

Distribution:    N.T.; Qld. Conservation status: native Flowering time: in spring and summer.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: K. & S.S. Larsen (1983), Bot. Helv. 93:215, treat the S.Aust. taxon as Bauhinia cunninghamii (Benth.) Benth., FI. Aust 2:295 (1864) subsp. cunninghamii (=Phanera cunninghamii Benth., Pl. Jungh. 1(1852)264). They also add W.Aust. to its distribution.

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