TREE 09Photographs by Farish
Orchid tree
Bauhinia sp. (likely B. purpurea)
A rounded crown of broad foliage shades a carpet of fallen leaves. The pale lower trunk forks below the leafy canopy.
Tapak kerbauBest match for visible features
Observations
A rounded crown of broad foliage shades a carpet of fallen leaves. The pale lower trunk forks below the leafy canopy.
About this identification
Backlit leaves photographed against the sky are rounded with a clear notch at the tip and radiating, hand-like veins, the classic Bauhinia silhouette. B. purpurea is the likely species here; flowers are needed for certainty.
Identified from photographs of bark, leaves, fallen litter and epiphytes against the Malaysian campus-tree flora. Moderate and tentative records would be settled by a close-up of flowers or fruit.
Species reference: Bauhinia purpurea