Pandorea baileyana

Pandorea baileyana, sometimes referred to as the large-leaved wonga vine,[2] is a species of woody climbing vine in the family Bignoniaceae. This species grows in the subtropical and warm-temperate rainforests of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia.[3]

Pandorea baileyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Pandorea
Species:
P. baileyana
Binomial name
Pandorea baileyana
(Andrews) Steenis
Synonyms[1]
  • Tecoma baileyana Maiden & R.T.Baker

Description

Growing across the forest floor and/or up trees via tendrils, it has compound, evergreen leaves which are 13 to 30cm long at full maturity. In late spring it produces multiple stem-held masses of 2mm long, cream coloured flowers which are created for the purpose of pollination. It then produces yellow fruit of oblong-ovid shape, 4 to 7 cm long, containing numerous seeds. They are circular, flat, winged and 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter.[4] This plant is rarely found outside of its native setting, although a specimen is found at the ANBG in Canberra.

References
  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 15 July 2018
  2. Pandorea baileyana (Maiden & R.T.Baker) Steenis, retrieved 15 July 2018
  3. Missouri Botanical Garden database, retrieved 15 July 2018
  4. Pandorea baileyana—Large-leaved Wonga Vine—BIGNONIACEAE, retrieved 15 July 2018
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