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Tecomaria capensis
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach., Hist. Nat. Veg. 9: 137. 1840; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 211. 1982; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 526. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 603. 2009.
Bignonia capensis Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 105. 1800.
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13: t.1117. 1828.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cape Honey Suckle, Salmon tecomaria
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Description:
An erect and scrambling shrubs, up to c. 3 m high. Leaves opposite; leaflets 5-9, 1-3 x 1-2 cm elliptic to suborbicular, acute to obtuse at apex, crenate, lateral nerves 4-5 pairs, with domatia in the nerve axils; subsessile. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed at apex. Corolla tubular, 4-5 cm long, red, rarely pale yellow, villous within . Stamens 4, didynamous, exserted, filaments 3-3.5 cm long. Disc fleshy. Stigmatic lobes flattened.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plants
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Distribution:
Africa, cultivated and naturalised in many subtropical and tropical countries
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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):
Red, Orange
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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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