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Campsis radicans
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Campsis radicans (L.) Seem., J. Bot. 5: 372. 1867.
Bignonia radicans L., Sp. Pl. 624. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Chinese Trumpet Vine
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Description:
Woody, climbing or clambering shrubs. Leaves opposite, odd-pinnate, Leaflets c. 11, opposite, to 6 x 4 cm, ovate, acuminate, coarsely and irregularly serrate, glabrous above, sparsely pubescent on veins below, acute to acuminate; petiole and rachis glabrous or with a few cilia near the base of the leaflets. Inflorescence terminal corymbs of with c. 10 flowers; pedicels to 1.7 cm long, subtended by small linear bracts. Calyx tube to 2 cm long, reddish, 5-lobed; lobes 8 x 5-6 mm, acute, glabrous. Corolla red-orange, orange, or yellow, to up to 7 x 2 cm, funnelform, 5-lobed at apex, glabrous; lobes suborbicular, to 2.5 cm across. Stamens 5 (4 + 1), didynamous, included, adnate at contracted portion of corolla tube; longer filaments to 3 cm long, glabrous, pale yellow; anthers 5-6 mm long. Smaller stamen with filament to 1.8 cm long. Ovary superior, 8 mm long, subterete to faintly 6-angled; ovules many on axile placentum; style 4.8 cm long, glabrous, yellow-green; stigma flattened, spatulate, to 3 mm broad., glabrous. Capsules 2-valved, to 15cm long, beaked, woody; seeds winged.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-February
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District(s):
Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of South Eastern USA
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Orange, Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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