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Phanera kockiana

Phanera kockiana
Photo: Wee Hong, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
W. & C. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Phanera kockiana is a liana native to the East Indies and Malay Peninsula in the subfamily Cercidoideae of the bean family. It is commonly called the climbing bauhinia and can grow to 30 m (98 ft) or more. The lanceolate leaves have three major veins running from petiole to tip. The flowers open yellow, but turn red in a couple days.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phanera kockiana 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.

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