Bignonia aequinoctialis L.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Bignonia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen plant. It grows 13-14m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 13.0 - 14.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist or wet thickets, at elevations up to 1,400 metres in Guatemala.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Bignonia aequinoctialis flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Bignonia aequinoctialis flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Bignonia aequinoctialis world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guam, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Myanmar, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:108550-1
WFO ID wfo-0000781276
COL ID LTDB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 631864
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Levya nicaraguensis Bignonia aequinoctialis Bignonia picta Bignonia pilosa Bignonia sarmentosa Bignonia spectabilis Bignonia villosa Cydista aequinoctialis Cydista amoena Macfadyena bifolia Tecoma villosa Anemopaegma tonduzianum Bignonia nitidissima Bignonia aequinoctialis f. spectabilis Temnocydia aequinoctialis Temnocydia spectabilis Arrabidaea guatemalensis Arrabidaea isthmica Arrabidaea pseudochica Cydista seemannii Cydista incarnata Cydista picta Cydista pubescens Cydista sarmentosa Cydista spectabilis Bignonia hostmannii Bignonia aequinoctialis var. spectabilis Bignonia incarnata var. caribaea Cydista aequinoctialis var. aequinoctialis Bignonia sarmentosa var. hirtella Cydista aequinoctialis var. hirtella Cydista aequinoctialis var. sarmentosa