Bauhinia yunnanensis

Franch.

Yunnan bauhinia

Fabaceae Edible: Pods

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Description

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.

Edible Uses

The pods are eaten.

Distribution

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.

Where It Grows

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

Notes

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

Synonyms

Bauhina altefissa H. Lev.Bauhinia colletti PrainBauhinia diptera Collett & Hemsl.Bauhinia mirabilis Merr.Bracteolanthus dipterus (Miq.) de WitLasiobema yunnanensis (Franch.) A SchmitzPhanera collettii (Prain) Thoth.Phanera diptera (Miq.) Miq.

Also Known As

Bohinia kupu-kupu yunan, Cay thoi, Royoong

References (2)

Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1673 (As Bauhinia diptera)
Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 905