Podranea ricasoliana

Podranea ricasoliana, called the pink trumpet vine, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Podranea, native to South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, and introduced in Algeria, Spain, the Canary Islands, Saint Helena, Hawaii, Bolivia, Central America, Mexico and many Caribbean islands.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

  • Close-up of flower
  • Leaves
  • Trained as a shrub
  • Overgrowth in Hawaii

Podranea ricasoliana
Flowers and foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Podranea
Species:
P. ricasoliana
Binomial name
Podranea ricasoliana
(Tanfani) Sprague[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pandorea ricasoliana (Tanfani) K.Schum.
  • Tecoma ricasoliana Tanfani
  • Tecomaria ricasoliana (Tanfani) Kraenzl.

References
  1. W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(2): 450 (1904)
  2. "Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. "Podranea ricasoliana pink trumpet vine". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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