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.
The leaves of the claw beetle are single leaf, the whole leaf blade, the apex is concave or divided into 2 lobes, sometimes the deep split of the leaf blade can reach the base to form two detached leaflets.
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 flower is raceme, corymbose or panicle, the calyx is cup-shaped, Buddha flame shaped or split into 5 sepals when flowering, the petal has 5 pieces, with valve handle.
