Records made by Jan Van Bel

Climber

Number on label 8556.

Medium tree, fallen down, flowering with cream spikes; leaves with many pinnae; prickles paired at nodes.

Small tree; in flower

In flower

In full flower

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

In flower

Paired straight thorns, very prominent cushions, flowers white balls, 6-8 pairs of pinnate; rhachis grooved.

Bark strong green colour

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

In flower

Flower colour not known

Single plant looking well naturalised

Flowers white.

In flower

Flowers white

Not sure if planted or not

In flower

Leaves with wavy margin

In fruit

Free-standing tree. In bud.

Pedicels generally NOT borne in the typical hooks

Thorns almost all simple, a few forked

In flower

In flower

Labelled Bauhinia marantha but not that

Abundant; forms with and without white rays present

Leaves smooth

Shrub with smooth leaves

In flower

Corolla lobes overlap to the right

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

Leafless; check later. Seen again, in leaf, 20 Feb 2022.

2 planted trees

Fossilised forest site

Small tree with many galls

Tree with no galls at all.

Subspecies checked.

Scales very prominent above and beneath

Some leaves with a very strong red colour

Shrub

Flowering when leafless; buds red.

Flowering when leafless.

Ex Botanic Garden

One or two latre flowers; nostly in fruit

Leaves 3-foliolate, hairy; bark greenish, weakly peeling. Labelled pyracanthoides.

Several large planted trees in the National Botanic Garden

Spiny and covered in fruit. A new location in the Botanic Garden.

Leaflets up to 5 pairs plus terminal, not rough; fruits slightly flattened.

Bark bright blue with papery peeling pieces.

In flower

Small tree; trunk grey, fluted; leaflets often serrate to the base; sap clear.

Extensively suckering