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Pandorea jasminoides
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Pandorea jasminoides (Lindl.) Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 230. 1894; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 211. 1982.
Tecoma jasminoides Lindl., Bot. Reg. 23. t. 2002. 1837.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bower Plant, Pandora vine
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Description:
An evergreen twining shrubs without tendrils or aerial roots; branches terete, glabrous. Leaves opposite, odd-pinnate; petioles 4 cm long; leaflets 3-7, usually 5, 5-8 x 2-2.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, entire, green; paired leaflets subsessile; odd leaflet with petiolule 1.3-1.5 cm long. Inflorescence of terminal many-flowered, corymbose panicles. Flowers 2.5 x 3.5 cm across. Calyx truncate, 7 x 5 mm, obscurely lobed, glabrous. Corolla tubular-campanulate, with 5 sub-orbicular, wavy lobes, pinkish with purplish hairy throat. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments 1 cm and 1.5 cm long each, curved, hairy at the base; anther cell 2, divergent. Ovary compressed, 4 x 3 mm glabrous, seated on a 5-ridged disc, 2-celled, with numerous ovules on axile placentae; style 1-5 cm long, white; stigma 2-lobed, lobes flattened.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
North East Australia
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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):
Pink, White
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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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