[3] Yellow bauhinia is a small tree with a maximum height of 4 m (13 ft).

[4] It has drooping slender branches with multiple scrambling stems.

Greenish leaves are deeply divided and elliptic in nature; margin entire.

Flowers are bell-shaped with large, yellow petals with a dark maroon patch at the base.

[5] Extracts of the plant's roots have in vitro antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria.