Bauhinia pentandra (Bong.) Steud.

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Shrub 1.5 m. tall in weedy lot. Flowers
erect, light green; sepals reflexed; petals
recurved; stamens and style erect-arching.
Flowers with unpleasant odor (characteristic
of bat pollination?), visited at 6:00 P.M. by
large black bee which sometimes crawls down
stamens to probe at outside of lower part of
calyx tube, penetrating and drinking the
copious nectar, but often driven away by the
ants which inhabit the plant.
Coll.: M. Nee
36934
26 Nov. 1988
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Bauhinia $
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Andres Ibanez, flat
sandy areas on west side of city of Santa
Cruz. 17°471S, 63°12’W	alt. 420 m.
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