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Kennedia coccinea

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Ventenat

Common Names

• Coral Vine
• West Australian Coral Pea

Geographical Habitats

• Tasmania
• Western Australia - Australia

Natural Habitats

• Forest. Will handle coastal conditions

Flowering Times

• Aug-Oct (Australia)

Fruiting Times

Woody evergreen twiner with umbels or racemes to 6 flowers of 15mm scarlet or orange-red flowers with mauve tinges & a yellow eye, calyx with black hairs, fruit a glabrous pod, 3 mucronate leaflets pilose above, silky beneath

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Jones & Gray 1977
• Wrigley & Fagg 1979
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Mobot
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• APDC
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2