Bauhinia wrayi Prain var. wrayi
Morphological description
The typical variety is recognizable by leaves ovate, entire, 3-7 cm long, 5-nerved, nerves thin beneath; apex acuminate, base truncate to shallowly cordate, lower surface appressed rusty pubescent later glabrescent or glabrous; pedicels and buds glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
Distribution
Malesia: Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia.
Habitat
In various types of forests and open land, usually at lower altitudes.
Vernacular name
Lorsy (Bisaya).
Note
Var. sumatrana was described from Bengkulu Range, Lubok Tandai. It is quite different from the Sumatra collections from Leuser National Park, which Larsen & Larsen (1996: 531) have described as var. blumeana .