Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers

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29, Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare

Synonyms:	Bignonia ignea Vell. Bignonia venusta Ker Gawl.
Common names:	Flame vine (English) Golden shower (English)
Description:	Tall climber. Leaflets ovate to ovate-oblong, 5-8 cm long. Inflorescences bearing older pendulous corollas. Corolla to 7 cm long; lobes reflexed, the margin white-hairy. Fruit linear, 30 cm long.
Notes:	Very commonly cultivated in gardens in Harare
Derivation of specific name:	venusta: charming, lovely
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Worldwide distribution:	Native to Brazil and Paraguay.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Tuesday 30 April 2013
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. (1949). Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York. Pages 902 - 903. Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 931.

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