Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague, Bignoniaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 7 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Pandorea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Baill.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: Zimbabwe creeper, pandorea, pink trumpet vine

Habit:  vine

Description:  "Vine or subscandent shrub.  Leaves imparipinnately compound, usually 7-9-foliolate, without tendrils, the leaflets more or less ovate, obtuse to short-acuminate, serrate, truncate to cuneate or somewhat attenuate, 2.5-3.8 cm long and 1.5-2.0 cm wide, petiolulate.  Inflorescence a terminal panicle.  Flowers with the calyx large, cupular-campanulate, 1.5-2 cm long, strongly 5-dentate with apiculate lobes, pale lavender when fresh; corolla pale lavender or pinkish with a magenta patch at the base of the 2 adaxial lobes, the tube white with deep magenta lines inside and some pinkish splotches near the base, campanulate above a short cylindric base, 6-8 cm long, with scattered lepidote scales on the lobes, glandular-pubescent at the level of stamen insertion inside and pubescent with kinky trichomes in the sinuses between lobes, otherwise glabrous; stamens didynamous, the thecae divaricate, 3 mm long, the longer filaments 1.9-2.0 cm long, shorter filaments 1.4-1.5 cm long, the staminode 3 mm long, insertion ca 10 mm from base of corolla tube; pistil 3.2-3.4 cm long, the ovary linear, glabrous, 5 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, the ovules 6-seriate in each locule; disc pulvinate, 0.5 mm long and 1.5-2.0 mm wide.  Capsule linear and leathery" (Gentry, 1977).

Habitat/ecology:  "Thrives in full sun in hot, dry situations" (Staples & Herbst, 2005; p. 184).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  "Native to South Africa but widely cultivated in tropical regions" (Gentry, 1977).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Chile (offshore islands) Juan Fernández Islands	Isla Más a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island)	introduced invasive cultivated	Atkinson, Rachel/Sawyer, John (2011)
Chile (offshore islands) Juan Fernández Islands	Isla Más a Tierra (Robinson Crusoe Island)	introduced invasive cultivated	Danton, Philippe/Perrier, Christophe/Martinez Reyes, Guido (2006) (pp. 494, 540, 556) "Esta liana potente y exuberante está presente en RC en el pueblo de San Juan Bautista donde alcanza un desarrollo impresionante, extiendose en el follaje de varios árboles. Seria muy peligroso que una especie tan vigorosa como ésta se establezca en la mirtisilva fernandeziana".
Cook Islands Southern Cook Islands	Rarotonga Island	introduced cultivated	McCormack, Gerald (2013)
French Polynesia Society Islands	Tahiti Island	introduced cultivated	Florence, J./Chevillotte, H./Ollier, C./Meyer, J.-Y. (2013) Cultivée
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Parker, James L./Parsons, Bobby (2012) (pp. 57-58) Voucher cited: J. Parker & R. Parsons BIED46 (BISH)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island	introduced invasive	Frohlich, Danielle/Lau, Alex (2012) (p. 31) Voucher cited: C. Trauernicht & M. Clark 206 (BISH)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Maui Island	introduced invasive	Starr, Forest/Starr, Kim/Loope, Lloyd L. (2004) (p. 21) East Maui. Voucher cited: Starr & Martz 000430-1 (BISH)
New Caledonia New Caledonia Archipelago	Île Grande Terre	introduced cultivated	MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 22) Vouchers cited: Däniker 2682, MacKee 21115

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
China China	Hong Kong	introduced cultivated	Wu, Te-lin (2001) (p. 257) As Pandorea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Baill. ex K. Schum. Ornamental.
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	introduced cultivated	Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 71) Cultivated only

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