Bauhinia

Plants of the Guiana Shield
Fabaceae CcufSAlpi ni
Bauhinia
Guyana: Cuyuni-Mazaruni: Kako River.
5° 31’ 29" N x 60° 50' 19" W; Elevation: 536 m.
Riparian vegetation: Bombacaceae, Macrolobium, Eperua
grandiflora, Clusiaceae. White sand mixed with iaterite. Liana,
frequent but usually sterile. Infructescence axillary spike. Fruits
green turning brown with persistent calyx. Sharp apical projection
present on fruit. Bead exploding violently.
K. M. Redden 6538	12 May 2009
with K. J. Wurdack, C. Perry, E. Zimmerman, D.
Hunter, T. Hunter and V. Roland
United Stares National Herbarium (US)
Smithsonian Institution
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