The principal timber being bauhinia, suggested the name of "bauhinia Plains."
"The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine"
Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine
There was on the opposite side of the creek a long grassy flat, with box-trees growing on it, together with a new bauhinia, which we saw here for the first time.
"Expedition into Central Australia"
Charles Sturt
The bauhinia here grew to the height of 16 to 20 feet, and was a very pretty tree; the ends of its branches were covered with seed-pods, both of this and the year before: it was a flat vessel, containing four or six flat hard beans.
"Expedition into Central Australia"
Charles Sturt