Tecoma capensis
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa cultivated), South Africa present, South America present, the Mediterranean present
South Africa, cultivated and naturalized in many subtropical and tropical countries, e.g. the Mediterranean; also in South America. Commonly cultivated in Java and elsewhere in Malesia, up to c. 1000 m. Flowering all the year round. No capsules seen; not run wild. Easily propagated by suckers or cuttings. A nice ornamental for gardens and often used for hedges.
Notes
BRUMMITT l.c. assumes that there is only one Tecoma (Tecomaria) in Africa and reduced 7 other names, distinguishing the tropical taxa as a separate race, subsp. nyassae (OLIV.) BRUMMITT.
In South African parks and gardens is also cultivated an even sulphur-yellow variety which was originally found in the wild, cf. ; it hybridizes with the red-flowered variety and sets abundant fruit.
Tecoma capensis, the Cape Honey suckle, is bird-pollinated; cf. .
In South African parks and gardens is also cultivated an even sulphur-yellow variety which was originally found in the wild, cf. ; it hybridizes with the red-flowered variety and sets abundant fruit.
Tecoma capensis, the Cape Honey suckle, is bird-pollinated; cf. .
Citation
SPRAGUE 1904 – In: Fl. Cap.: 448
SPACH 1928 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 193
BRUGGEMAN 1948: Ind. Tuinb: 39, 268: f. 273
BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 538
BRUMMITT 1974: p. 421. – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg.: f. 1
HERKLOTS 1976: Fl. Trop. Climb: 74: f. 101
STEEN. 1927: Thesis: 832