Pandorea pandorana Steenis

Wonga-vine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Pandorea

Characteristics

Malesian specimens: Often large liana, 20-30 m. Leaves 2-4(-6)-jugate; leaflets usually ovate-elliptic to oblong, mostly entire and acuminate, 3-10 by 1½-6cm, glabrous, underneath with few or many scattered large crateriform glands, nerves not prominent above; midrib sulcate; lateral petiolules 0-10 mm; petiole without glands at the base above. Thyrses terminal, lateral or from old wood, c. (l-)5-20 cm, glabrous, rarely puberulous. Pedicels c. 1½-1½ cm, rarely longer. Calyx cupular, stunted or short-lobed, thin, c. 2-3 mm. Corolla 1—2(—3) cm long including the lobes, mostly rather inflated-tubular, the tube mostly ± twice as long as the lobes, glabrous outside, lobes mostly densely papillose-puberulous, mouth and tube inside bearded on the ventral side, light yellow, the zygomorphous limb and tube inside streaked or mottled red or purple dotted, without a hair-ring near the base of the stamens and no proper basal tube. Stamens included, at their base glandular-papillose, inserted very near the base of the tube. Ovary glandular-papillose. Capsule acute, c. (5-)9-12 by (l¾-)2½-3 by 2-2½ cm; valves coriaceous; dissepiment rather thick, 6½-8 by 1¾-2 cm, the seed scars marginal. Seeds c. 2½-3 by 1½-2 cm including the hyaline wings.
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Vigorous liane. Lvs petiolate, with (3)-5-7-(9) leaflets; leaflets 1.5-6 × 0.7-4 cm, lanceolate-ovate to ± oblong, usually entire, sometimes serrate in upper 1/2; base cuneate to rounded, often oblique in lateral leaflets; apex usually mucronate. Panicles of very numerous fragrant fls; peduncles and pedicels puberulent or glabrous. Calyx 3-4 mm long; teeth short and acute, puberulent or glabrous. Corolla 1.7-2.3 cm long, white or cream outside, variously marked with crimson or deep red inside; tube 1-1.5 cm long, broadly cylindric, slightly curved on upper side, glabrous; lobes broad-ovate to suborbicular, densely hairy on both surfaces, patent at first, later recurved; upper lobes to 4 mm long; lower lobes to 6 mm long. Ovary and style ± puberulent. Capsule c. 9 × 2 cm including beak. Seeds 2-2.5 cm wide including wing.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 8.0
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

In Malesia in primary and secondary rainforest, from sea-level up to c. 2000(-2400) m, getting distinctly scarcer upwards of 1350 m. Fl. Jan.-Dec; fr. Oct.-Dec.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Leaf

Pandorea pandorana leaf picture by ian connop (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Pandorea pandorana flower picture by ian connop (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pandorea pandorana world distribution map, present in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:110212-1
WFO ID wfo-0000779428
COL ID 99RC3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 674399
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Bignonia pandorana Pandorea oxleyi Tecoma pandorana Tecoma australis var. australis Pandorea pandorana Pandorea ceramensis Campsis pandorana

Lower taxons

Pandorea pandorana subsp. austrocaledonica