Pink Trumpet Wine
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Pink Trumpet Wine ( Podranea ricasoliana ) |
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The pink trumpet wine ( Podranea ricasoliana ), sometimes referred to as Weitschlundige Bignonie called, is a plant type from the family of the Bignoniaceae (Bignoniaceae). Podranea is an anagram for Pandorea , a closely related Australian genus of plants to which this species was initially classified.
description
The pink trumpet wine grows as an evergreen, climbing shrub that can reach a height of 5 m. The up to 25 cm long, opposite leaves are unpaired pinnate and composed of 5 to 13 egg-shaped, pointed leaflets.
The pink flowers , with darker veining in the throat, stand in terminal panicles, are bell-shaped, five-lobed (slightly two-lipped), strongly scented and reach a size of up to 7.5 × 7.5 cm. They have two long and two short stamens .
The fruits are up to 40 cm long, cylindrical capsules that open with two lobes when ripe, releasing numerous winged seeds.
distribution
The home of pink trumpet wine is South Africa ; there the species is endemic in the area of Port St. Johns (between East London and Durban ) at the mouth of the Mzimvubu River (but there are also assumptions that the species originally came from East Africa). Today it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands , Madeira , the Caribbean and the southern USA, among others .
Systematics
Another, very similar species grows in Malawi , Mozambique and Zimbabwe , Podranea brycei . Some botanists do not consider this to be independent, but rather see both as a common species.
Others
The plant has spread to parts of Queensland and New South Wales as well as New Zealand as a horticulturist .
source
- P. Schönfelder, I. Schönfelder: The Kosmos-Canary Islands flora . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-440-06037-3
