Podranea ricasoliana

• Botanical Name : Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague
• Synonyms : Podranea brycei (N.E.Br.) Sprague., Tecoma brycei N.E. Br.
• Common Name : Zimbabwe Creeper, Queen of Sheba, Port John's Creeper, Bubblegum Vine, Pandorea, Pink Trumpet Vine
• Plant Family : Bignoniaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Aranya Van

About Podranea ricasoliana Plant :

• Habit : An excellent vigorous, woody, evergreen, climbingshrubwith spreading branches and without tendrils.
• Leaves : Compound, deep glossy, green.
• Flowers :
  • Very showy, large fragrant, lilac-pink coloured in large bunches.
  • Corolla trumpet-shaped.
• Fruit : Capsule, Long, narrow, straight, flattened with Brown, ovate, flat seeds inside a large rectangular papery wing.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : December - March
• Significance : Generally cultivated in the gardens as an ornamental plant.