The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

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

Family: Fabaceae (Pea)

Distribution: South-East China, Taiwan, Vietnam

Habitat: Open forests in valleys, sunny slopes.

Life form: Woody climber

Uses: Ornamental

Species 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.