Mazhar Botanic Garden

Solandra grandiflora Sw

Cup of gold Vine Chalice Vine

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000326
English name: Cup of gold Vine, Chalice Vine
Arabic name: سولاندرا
Native: Central America
Country: United States
(PGR): Common

Shrubby woody climbing glabrous shrub to 4 m tall leaves elliptic, glabrous, apex short-acuminate flowers  fragrant at night, yellow, tube 5-veined, veins purple, interior 5-ridged, ridges purple

Ornamental plant. Grown for showy flowers, can be used to cover large trellises, or trained over garages and building walls. Suitable for planting in containers. Hold back watering for established plants to encourage better blooming. Tolerates salt spray and saline soils, suitable for coastal planting.

Solandra scandens (Vell) Toledo

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Dry
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 11
pH range: 5.5-6.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Coastal gardens Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid

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