Family: Bignoniaceae
Plant: A woody scrambling climber with stems up to several metres long. The older branches have a fawn-coloured bark.
Flowers: White to pink, tubular flowers 1-2cm long with purple markings in the throat. The inflorescence is a large drooping cluster 5-15cm long.
Flowering: July-September.
Fruit: Beaked, ovoid capsule 4-6cm long and 1-2cm wide with winged seeds 1-1.5cm diameter.
Leaves: Thick, glossy, opposite, pinnate leaves 8-16cm long with 3-9 linear to ovate leaflets, 2-8cm long and 2-30mm wide. The young leaves are 2-8cm long with small bluntly toothed leaflets.
Habitat: Rainforest and sheltered locations in wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: A woody climber. Many white to pink tubular flowers in drooping clusters. Pinnate leaves.
Name:
Pandorea After Pandora, the first mortal woman in Greek mythology
pandorana Again after Pandora
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster, |
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Colour(s) |
White, Pink, Purple |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
7, 8, 9 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Compound |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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