Mazhar Botanic Garden

Campsis radicans Seem

Trumpet Vine Trumpet creeper

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000260
English name: Trumpet Vine, Trumpet creeper
Arabic name: تكوما راديكانس
Native: Eastern United States
Country: United States
(PGR): Common

Deciduous climber to 10 m high leaves opposite, odd pinnate, leaflets 9-11, elliptic to ovate-oblong, toothed flowers in clustered terminal cymes, corolla tubular, funnelform, pale orange, yellow inside, limb scarlet

showy trumpet-shaped flowers which are very attractive to hummingbirds, and many types of birds. Its traditional medicinal uses includes healing of wounds, treatment of infections 

Bignonia radicans L, Tecoma radicans (L) Juss

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Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Cuttings of almost ripe wood, 7 - 10cm long, mid summer . Root cuttings 5cm long in December. Fair to good percentage. Suckers, removed in the dormant season.
Flowering time: Summer- autumn
Zone: 5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber
Plant Uses: Medicinal
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
pH: Acid Alkaline Neutral

The information in this website has been compiled from reliable sources, such as reference works on medicinal plants. It is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment and Mazhar Botanic Garden does not purport to provide any medical advice. Readers should always consult his/her physician before using or consuming a plant for medicinal purposes.