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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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Kock's bauhinia en Bauhinia Kockiana en Ketup-ketup
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