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.
Crape myrtle flowers have alternate leaves, sometimes opposite, paper-based leaves, obovate, oval or wide rectangle, about 2.5 to 7 cm long, about 1.5 to 5.5 cm wide. The top of the leaves is short pointed or blunt, sometimes slightly concave, and the base is broad wedge or nearly round.
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 are red, white and purple. The inflorescence is about 7 to 20 cm. The flowers have 6 petals. The petals shrink and grow up about 1.1 to 2 cm.
