General Information

COMMON NAMES: Cape Honeysuckle; German Kapländische Trompetewinde GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE s.Africa COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group (RR - rare); Land, lowlands SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers KEY FEATURES: Scrambing shrub. LEAVES oppoiste, to 15cm, compound; LEAFLETS 5-9, glossy, dark green, toothed, wide-oval, to 3cm. FLOWERS clusters, orange, scarlet, or yellow; slender tube to 5cm, lobes 5, unequal. SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Orange Trumpet-Vine (Pyrostegia venusta).

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
-	-	-	-	-	-

Tecomaria capensis (Thunberg)
SYNONYMS: Tecoma capensis

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

IDENTIFICATION: Erect or scrambling shrub to 2m. LEAVES opposite, to 15cm, compound; LEAFLETS 5-9, glossy dark-green, toothed, wide-oval, to 3cm. FLOWERS clusters; orange to scarlet, or yellow; slender tube, to 5cm; lobes 5, unequal. FRUIT narrow and flat to 15cm, seeds winged (not seen).

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, Tupa Tupa garden, Takuvaine, behind house, 190s, ID GMcC.

References:
p.765 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.191 Tropica

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03b, zD03b

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