Bauhinia semibifida Roxb. var. bruneiana K. & S.S. Larsen
All young parts are covered with short, ferrugineous hairs. The leaves on sterile shoots are divided 1/2, tip of lobes obtuse, 7-nerved, 7.5-12 by 7-11.5 cm; on flowering shoots smaller, 1/3 - 1/2 divided, 3-4.5 by 3-5 cm, finely reddish pubescent beneath. Inflorescence ferrugineous velvety; bracts narrow linear-lanceolate to acuminate, 10-12 mm; bracteoles much narrower; pedicels 6-7 cm; hypanthium ± urceolate, 5 by 4 mm; buds club-shaped, 2-3 cm, with short, free tips of the sepals (semibifida brun Bauh bud FM11 ). Petals ferrugineous silky hairy outside along the midline.
Distribution
Malesia : Borneo (Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak).
Habitat
Lowland evergreen forest.
Note
The type is from Brunei; one collection from Sabah has a similar indumentum, but petals less hairy and the larger leaves have more acute lobes; this is also the case with a collection from near Kuching.