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Amphilophium buccinatorium

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(de Candolle) L.G. Lohmann

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Mexican Blood Trumpet
• Red Trumpet Vine
• Mexican Blood Flower
• Blood-red Trumpet-creeper
• Cherere

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Open forest
• woodland
• riverside
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Oct
• Nov (Bolivia) Mar
• Apr
• May (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (Mexico)

Rampant evergreen trifid tendril climbing shrub to 20m with glabrous 4-angled stems. Bifoliolate glabrous leaves with simple tendril, leaflets to 120mm x 65mm. 125mm red flowers, with yellow throat in terminal clusters, 5-toothed calyx to 10mm long, deep red corolla, tube to 100mm long. Fruit 185mm x 70mm.

Ornamental

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• RHS A-Z
• Llamas 2003
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Kew
• de Candolle
• Mobot
• FTEA