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Bignonia ramentacea

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(Martius ex de Candolle) L.G. Lohmann

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bahia
• Ceará
• Mato Grosso
• Minas Gerais - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• thorn forest
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Apr
• Aug-Nov (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jul (Brazil)

Woody tendril vine to 3m with pilose branchlets. Bifoliolate leaves with a simple tendril, puberulous leaflets to 123mm x 65mm. Few-flowered terminal racemes to 15mm long with bracts of bright purple-red flowers to 42mm x 9mm, with 7mm lobes, white inside, calyx to 8mm x 4mm. Green fruits with bristly green protuberances, turning brown to 90mm x 30mm.

Further References

• NYBG
• FB
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• de Candolle
• Jstor