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Eccremocarpus scaber

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(D. Don) Ruiz & Pavon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• SW. Argentina
• C. & SC. Chile
• E. Peru

Natural Habitats

• Grasslands.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec Late Spring to Autumn

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Dec

Evergreen tendril vine with hairy quadrate stems. Bipinnate leaves with leaflets to 20mm wide, 2-3 trifid tendrils. Leaf-opposed racemes to 150mm long with basal bract, 30mm orange or red flowers, corolla to 30mm long. Inflated fruit a green capsule to 45mm long, ripening brown to 50mm long, leaves, racemes & corollas clothed with glandular hairs.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• E & M 1970
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Mobot
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• FOPE
• Kew