Campsis radicans

• Botanical Name : Campsis radicans (L.) Seem.
• Synonyms : Tecoma radicans (L.) Juss., Bignonia radicans L.
• Common Name : Tilottama, Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine
• Plant Family : Bignoniaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 5, 17, 21, 27
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation

About Campsis radicans Plant :

• Habit : An extensive root climber.
• Leaves : Imparipinnate compound, leaflets 9-11, ovate-oblong, acuminate, toothed.
• Inflorescence : Terminal clusters or panicles.
• Flowers :
  • Bright orange-scarlet in colour.
  • Calyx tubular, 5-lobed.Corolla tubular below, funnel-shaped above, with 5 spreading lobes, with fimbriate margin, slightly 2-lipped.Stamens 4, didynamous.
  • Ovary seated on a disk, style long, stigma 2-lipped.
• Fruit : Capsule many seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : August - November
• Significance : Common in gardens everywhere on trunks of trees and walls, climbing with aerial roots.