Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach

First published in Hist. Nat. Vég. 9: 137 (1840)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Africa. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Descriptions

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
bignonia, candela, llamarada
[UNAL]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bignoniaceae, Sally Bidgood, Bernard Verdcourt, Kaj Vollesen. Cobaeaceae, Bernard Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2006

Type
Type : South Africa, without locality, Thunberg (UPS, holo.; microfiche!)
Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree, sometimes somewhat scrambling, 1.5–7(–10) m tall, with pale brown bark.
Morphology Branches
Branches copiously lenticellate.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 10–25(–33) cm long.
Morphology Leaves Petiole
Petiole 2–7(–9) cm long.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets in 2–6 pairs, elliptic, ovate or ± round, 1.7–4.8(–8.5) × 1.3–3(–3.8) cm, rounded to cuneate at the base, crenate to toothed at margin, acute to rounded at the apex with the tip acuminate to mucronate or rarely retuse, glabrous or glabrescent above, glabrous beneath save base of midrib and nerve-axils; petiolules absent or up to 1.2 cm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences 10–32 cm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncles 7–20 cm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts mostly linear, 3–7 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Pedicels 4–11(–13) mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 4–20(–23) mm long, lobed to ± halfway; lobes broadly triangular.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla orange to scarlet or rarely yellow; tube 2–3.5 cm long, 5-lobed, lobes 1–1.5 cm long, upper 3 joined above half way, lower 2 free, recurved.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anthers 3–5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary oblong, ± 4 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 4.5–13 (?–19.5) cm long, 1.1–1.4 cm wide, attenuate at both ends.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ± rectangular in outline including the flat hyaline membranous wing, 1.3–2.1 cm long, 6–10 mm wide.
Figures
Fig. 5.6–5.9, p. 23.
[FTEA]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 900–2300 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Shrub.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Bignoniaceae, M. A. Diniz. Flora Zambesiaca 8:3. 1988

Morphology General Habit
Many-stemmed shrub with scandent branches, 1.5–4 m. tall, or small tree up to 6 (10) m. high.
Morphology General Bark
Bark pale brown, fissured; branchlets copiously lenticellate.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 10–25(33) cm. long; petiole 2–7(9) cm. long, minutely pubescent to nearly glabrous, subwinged; rhachis narrowly winged, puberulous; leaflets 2–6-jugate subsessile or with the petiolules up to 1.2 cm. long, leaflet lamina 1.7–6.8(8.5) × 1.3–3(3.8) cm., elliptic, ovate or subcircular, glabrous to glabrescent on the superior surface, glabrous on the inferior, except towards the base on the midrib and usually densely pubescent on the axils of secondary nerves; apex acute, sometimes rounded, acuminate or mucronate, rarely retuse; base rounded or abruptly cuneate, asymmetric; margins crenate to toothed; lateral nerves 4–8 pairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence 10–32 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncle up to 18 cm. long; bracts 3–7 mm. long, linear-subulate, rarely foliaceous, caducous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Pedicels 4–11 (13) mm. long, minutely pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 5–20 mm. long, lobed almost to the middle or more; lobes broadly triangular, minutely pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla tube c. 35 mm. long, narrowly cylindric widening near the mouth, curved; corolla bilabiate, the superior lip with the lobes connate about halfway, suberect, the inferior with the lobes free, recurved, 5 lobes 10–15 mm. long, ovate, ciliate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens more or less equal in length, adnate to the corolla tube up to above the middle; filaments pubescent-glandular at the base; anthers 3–5 mm. long; thecae connate more or less to the middle, slightly divergent below.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk 1.5 mm. in diam., lobed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary c. 4 mm. long and 1 mm. across, oblong.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule up to 19.5 × 1.4 cm., flat, attenuate at both ends; valves smooth or rarely rugous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 6–10 × 13–33 mm. including the hyaline membranous wings, more or less rectangular in outline, numerous.
[FZ]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 900 - 2300 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto
[CPLC]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/82858988/146440991

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Bignoniaceae, Sally Bidgood, Bernard Verdcourt, Kaj Vollesen. Cobaeaceae, Bernard Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2006

Type
Typus, Kenya, Kiambu District, Muguga, Hort. Greenway, 15 Feb. 1963, Greenway 10868 (K!, holo.; EA, iso.)
[FTEA]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

English
Cape Honeysuckle

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