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Bauhinia binata Blanco

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Bauhinia L.

Bauhinia binata Blanco [Preferred name]
    Bauhinia blancoi (Benth.)Baker {Synonym}
    Lysiphyllum binatum (Blanco)de Wit {Synonym}
    Phanera blancoi Benth. {Synonym}
    Phanera complicata Miq. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Sudan (I) [8]
  Asia
China (U) [1915]; India (U) [1915]; Indonesia (N) [120, 2002, 3001]; Jawa (N) [3001]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [3001]; Philippines (N) [120, 2002]; Thailand (U) [120, 2002, 3001]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [123, 1915, 2002, 3001]; Papua New Guinea (N) [120]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915, 3052]
  Pacific Ocean
Northern Marianas (I) [2235]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [8];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [120, 2002, 3001] ; Illustration [120, 261, 2002]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [3001], Not climbing ; Habit: Shrub [3001], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial [3001] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [8, 1915]; Medicine [3001]

  
NOTES:
  Probably native to Indo-China and Australia. [1915]
  Only represented by old specimens from the Mascarenes. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

120.

  De Wit, H., 1956
    Reinwardtia 3:381-541.Malaysian Bauhinieae

123.

  Larsen, K. & Larsen, S.S., 1975
    Nat.Hist.Bull.Siam Soc. 25:1-22. ..Bauhinia in Thailand

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

2002.

  Larsen, K. et al., 1984
    Flora of Thailand, Vol 4 Part 1.In: T.Smithinand & K.Larsen

2235.

  Fosberg, F.R. et al., 1979
    A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae

3001.

  Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K, 1996
    Flora Malesiana I, 12,2:409-784.Caesalpiniaceae.

3052.

  Bojer, W., 1837
    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice
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