Podranea ricasoliana
Common names
Port St John creeper
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Detailed description
Vigorous evergreen, hairless vine. Leaflets 2-7 cm long, long-oval and serrated, larger (5-9 cm long) on strong vegetative shoots. Flowers trumpet shaped to 8 cm, pink with rose red veins especially inside tube.
Similar taxa
Related to wonga wonga vine (Pandorea pandorana) from which it can be identified by the inflated calyx (green bracts at the base of the flower tube) with its much larger teeth (4-7 mm). (DOC, 1998).
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ecology
Flowering
December, March, April, May
Year naturalised
1981
Origin
South Africa
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Life cycle and dispersal
Perennial. Reproduces by vegetative spread through layering. Seed capsules are occasionally formed and this some evidence that seed is viable. Dispersed usually from carelessly discarded garden waste.