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Cheniella glauca
Also called Glaucous Climbing Bauhinia
Cheniella glauca is a species of scandent plants in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae. It was first described in 1852 by George Bentham, with its basionym in genus Phanera,, this species also has been placed in genus Bauhinia, before the erection of Cheniella in 2017.
This species is recorded from: Bangladesh to China (Hong Kong), Indochina, and western Malesia. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It may be grown as an ornamental plant.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cheniella glauca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
