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Campsis grandiflora

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(Thunberg) K. Schumann

Propagation

C.K.L.S.T.

Cultivated

C, ornamental with cultivars

Offspring

Campsis grandiflora 'Thunbergii' (C. grandiflora var. thunbergii), Campsis grandiflora var. aurantia, Campsis grandiflora var. sanguinea

Common Names

• Ling xiao (Pinyin)
• Chinese trumpet Creeper
• Chinese Trumpet Vine
• Tung-vong-fa (China)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hebei
• Shandong
• Shanxi - China
• India
• Japan

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep May-Aug (China) Late Summer to Autumn

Fruiting Times

Deciduous glabrous woody climber with aerial rootlets. Deciduous imparipinnate coarsely serrated leaves with 5-9 toothed leaflets to 800mm x 50mm. Pendulous 1000mm terminal panicles of 95mm wide scarlet & orange flowers, streaked inside, calyx to 32mm long with lobes to 10mm long, corolla tube to 50mm long & lobes to 25mm x 35mm. Fruit a capsule to 125mm long.

Flowers used medicinally.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• FOC
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• FI
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• Kew
• Exotica
• FTEA