1. Home
2. Podranea brycei

Podranea brycei

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(N.E. Brown) T. Sprague

Common Names

• Queen-of-Sheba
• Zimbabwe Climber

Geographical Habitats

• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• South Africa
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Rocky sites

Flowering Times

• Autumn-spring

Fruiting Times

Woody liane or scabdebt glabrous undershrub, quadrangular ribbed dtems,, 9-11 slightly serrate leaflets to 42mm x 12mm, terminal panicles, 50mm deep pink flowers striped red, inside tube yellowish & hairy, calyx tube 12mm x 12mm, pale mauve corolla glabrous outside villous inside, , corolla tube 36mm x 18mm with lobes to 22mm long, seed-pods 300mm plus in length x 14mm

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• FOTA
• The Plant List 2
• Kew