Tecomaria
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Bignoniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Lianas or climbing shrubs. Stems cylindrical, interpetiolar zone not glandular; pseudostipules absent; cross section of the mature stem with normal peripheral phloem. Leaves opposite, pinnately compound, imparipinnate, without tendrils. Flowers in axillary racemes. Calyx simple, campanulate, 5-dentate; corolla orange or bright red. /ygomorphic, tubular, curved; stamens 4. of the same length, exserted; ovary superior, oblong, glabrous, with 2 locules. Fruit a linear capsule, coriaceous, with valves perpendicular to the septum; seeds numerous, flat, with 2 hyaline-membranaceous wings. A genus of 2 species of tropical eastern and southern Africa.