Bauhinia conwayi
Rusby
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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department | GDI 2013-2015
Description
A tree. The leaves have 2 lobes. The leaves are 8-18 cm long by 3-8.5 cm wide. The fruit is a pod. There are 9-17 seeds.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Bolivia, Brazil, South America,
Synonyms
Bauhinia straussiana HarmsBauhinia tumupasensis Rusby
Also Known As
Chirimoya
References (1)
- Zambrana, P, et al, 2017, Traditional knowledge hiding in plain sight – twenty-first century ethnobotany of the Chácobo in Beni, Bolivia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2017) 13:57 (As Bauhinia straussiana)
