The Cape-Honey Suckle
Tecomaria capensis
Also known as Salmon Tecomaria
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify The Cape-Honey Suckle
Identify The Cape-Honey Suckle by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Scrambling shrub with toothed leaflets.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tecomaria capensis
- Genus
- Tecomaria
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Southern Africa
- Distribution
- Naturalized in tropics
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“They are opposite, slightly serrated, green to dark-green, and pinnate with 5 to 9 oblong leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.
- Leaf shape
- OblongrecordedLonger than wide with roughly parallel sides, the ends rounded.“They are opposite, slightly serrated, green to dark-green, and pinnate with 5 to 9 oblong leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“They are opposite, slightly serrated, green to dark-green, and pinnate with 5 to 9 oblong leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for The Cape-Honey Suckle itself; the rest are typical of the Bignoniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for The Cape-Honey Suckle itself; the rest are typical of the Bignoniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About The Cape-Honey Suckle
A member of the Bignoniaceae family, The Cape-Honey Suckle (Tecomaria capensis) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and 16 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Bignoniaceae
Trumpet vine family
The Cape-Honey Suckle belongs to the Bignoniaceae family.
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