Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague, Bignoniaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 1 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Pandorea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Baill.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: pandorea, pink trumpet vine, Zimbabwe creeper

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
Cook Islands Southern Cook Islands	Rarotonga Island	introduced cultivated	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Maui Island	introduced invasive	Starr, Forest/Starr, Kim/Loope, Lloyd L. (2004) (p. 21) 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

Additional information:  Photos and additional information at the Environment Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, web site of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

Additional online information about Podranea ricasoliana is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Taxonomic information about Podranea ricasoliana may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Gentry, Alwyn H. 1977. Bignoniaceae [178.]. Flora of Ecuador 7, 173 pp.

MacKee, H. S. 1994. Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 164 p.

McCormack, Gerald. 2007. Cook Islands biodiversity and natural heritage. On-line database.

Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. 2005. A tropical garden flora: plants cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 908 pp.

Starr, Forest/Starr, Kim/Loope, Lloyd L. 2004. New plant records from the Hawaiian Archipelago. In: Evenhuis, Neal L. and Eldredge, Lucius G., eds. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2003. Part 2: Notes. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 79:20-30.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2007. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.