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Podranea ricasoliana

Pink Trumpet Vine

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pink Trumpet Vine, Port St.John Creeper

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE S.Africa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group (RR only - rare); Land, lowlands, gardens

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

KEY FEATURES: Climbing shrub. LEAVES opposite, compound; LEAFLETS 2-5 pairs plus 1 terminal, oval, to 7cm, without teeth. FLOWERS terminal cluster, funnel-like with 5 round petals, 7cmØ, pink with red stripes, throat without hairs; calyx inflated.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Bower Plant (Pandorea jasminoides) has calyx narrow (vs inflated), flower-tube white (vs. pink), and throat without dark stripes (vs. red stripes). [Not presently recorded in Cook Islands.]

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani)
SYNONYMS: Pandorea ricasoliana; Tecoma ricasoliana

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Scrophulariales; BIGNONIACEAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Climbing shrub. LEAVES opposite, compound; LEAFLETS 2-5 pairs plus 1 terminal, oval, to 7cm, without teeth. FLOWERS terminal cluster, funnel-like with 5 round petals, 7cmØ, pink with red stripes, throat without hairs; calyx inflated.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, Avarua, Tupa Tupa garden, 1990s, GM, ID GMcC.

References:
p.765 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.891 Hortus 3rd
p.913 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.186 Tropica

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB03a, zM03a, zD03a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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