The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

Common name: Climbing Bauhinia, Vining Bauhinia, Camel's Foot, Phanera Fairy Vine , בוהיניה אשכולית, בוהיניה אשכולית, בוהניה אשכולית

Family: Fabaceae (Pea)

Distribution: South-East China, Taiwan, Vietnam

Habitat: Open forests in valleys, sunny slopes.

Life form: Woody climber

Uses: Ornamental

Etymology: Bauhinia is named after Gaspard and Jean Bauhin - Swiss Physicians and Botanists, father and son, who lived in the 16th century.

In memory: of Nizza Yaffe-Ovadia, a teacher of nature and life.

Description: A woody vine, up to 4 m tall. The Young branches, inflorescences and tendrils are covered with coarse hair. The tendrils are solitary or in pairs. The leaf has 2 suborbicular lobes, 2-4 × 2-5 cm, with a papery texture. The flowers are borne on elongated corymbs, many together. The peduncles are short and slender. The calyx has 5 lobes. The flower has 5 petals, white with pink stripes,widening at the edge. The flower has one symmetry axis that crosses the upper petal and divides the two pairs of lateral ones. 3 long stamens grow down from the flower center. The fruit is an elongated curve legume pod, 10-25 × 1.5-2.5 cm.