The leaves of Bauhinia are leathery, nearly round or broad heart-shaped, about 8.5 to 13 cm long and 9 to 14 cm wide. The base of Bauhinia is heart-shaped, sometimes nearly flat. The apex of the leaves has 2 cracks, about 1 /3 or 1 /4 of the whole leaf length. The top of the lobes is blunt or narrow and round. The leaves have no hair on the top and loose pubescence on the bottom. There are 11 to 13 veins and 3.5 to 4 cm long petioles.
Bauhinia leaves are papery, nearly round or triangular, 5 to 10 cm long, with sharp apex and heart-shaped base. Both sides of the leaves are usually glabrous, and the petioles are purplish.
Bauhinia Flower raceme terminal or axillary, sometimes compound into a panicle, long pubescence, bracts and bracteoles are triangular, grow up about 3 mm, flower buds spindle, calyx Buddha flame, grow up about 2.5 cm, petals purplish red, with short handle, oblanceolate.
The flowers of Bauhinia are pink or purplish red, 2 to 10 in clusters, on clustered branches, the flowers are 1 to 1.3cm long, and the pedicels are 3 to 9mm long.
