Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

เสี้ยวดอกขาว Bauhinia saccocalyx Pierre LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE (FABACEAE) 4

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Descriptions :
Tree Small tree or shrub; 5-10 m. tall, ovate crown, granches glabrescent. with out stipules, brown bark. Leaves; alternate, simple, bipartition, obate-orbicular, grabrous, entire, imarginate apex, petiole 2-2.5 cm long, light green grabrous, tip of lobes acute. base cordate. Inflorescence; racemose type, axillary, 5-10 cm long. Flower; imperfect(unisexual) monoecious, 2.5 cm by 3.5 cm, pedicel 0.3-.0.5cm. long, sepal spitting into 3,hairy, petal 5, white, claw petal indistinct, ovate- lanceolate, 0.5-0.6 x 1.0-1.2 cm. stamen 10, white, anther light yellow, superior ovary, 1 carpel, 1 locule, Fruit; pod, oblong, dehiscent, woody 4x10 cm. Seed: round, 2-3 cm diameter.