Thanks Gurcharan ji for the upload with information. Calyx spathaceous....is an important character which is lacking in most of our pictures. I will check from my photos whether I have it.
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Bauhinia acuminata L., Sp. pl. 1:375. 1753 > > Common name: *dwarf white bauhinia* > > Shrub up to 4 m tall; leaves simple, ovate or subrotund, up to 20 cm long, > lobed up to 1/3, lobes acute to acuminate; flowers white, 8-10 cm across, > in short lateral racemes; bract 4-8 mm long; pedicel up to 2 cm long with 2 > about 3 mm long bracteoles slightly below the middle; calyx spathaceous, > 25-30 mm long; petals lanceolate to ovate, 4-6 cm long; stamens 10, > fertile; pod 8-14 cm long. > > Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
