(Fabaceae) Bauhinia variegata L.

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Field Characters: Medium-sized plant, 10-20 m tall. Leaves alternate, bilobed. Inflorescence a cyme, tricolored corolla. Pod thin and long.

Locality: Laos, Oudomxay Province, Namor District, Lark Saosorng Village.

Habitat: -

Altitude: m asl 

Collector(s): K. Korn

Collection number(s): LAOS 390

Collection Date: March 24, 2002

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Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2246582.

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