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Revision as of 16:11, 28 September 2013



Plant Characteristics
Habit   vine-climber

Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Features: drought tolerant, fire resistant
USDA Zones: on"on" is not a number. to on"on" is not a number.
Scientific Names



Read about Tecomaria capensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Tecomaria capensis, Seem. (Tecoma capensis, Lindl.). Cape Honeysuckle. Half-climbing or nearly upright shrub: lvs. odd-pinnate; lfts. 7-9, broadly oval to ovate, acute, serrate, glabrous, 1/2 - 2 in. long: fls. in peduncled terminal racemes; corolla tubular, curved, with 4-parted spreading limb, the upper lip emarginate, orange-red to scarlet, about 2 in. long; calyx 6-toothed: caps. Linear, 1-2 in. long. Aug.-Nov. S. Afr. B.R. 1117. L.B.C. 17:1672. R.H. 1895, p. 108. CH


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