Mazhar Botanic Garden

Beaumontia grandiflora Wall.

Easter Lily vine Nepal trumpet flower

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000727
English name: Easter Lily vine, Nepal trumpet flower
Arabic name: بومنتيا
Native: Southeast Asia, China
Country: Nepal Southeast Asia Thailand
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen woody climbing,  growing 20 m high leaves obovate to elliptic, young leaves pubescent, turning glabrous when mature flowers fragrant, large, creamy white,  borne on cymes in 3-10 flowers  fruits capsules, woody follicles

Ornamental climbing. The source of an excellent, but underutilized fibre, the plant also has medicinal properties.

Beaumontia longiflora  Hook f, Echites grandiflorus Roxb

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Texture: Chalk Clay Loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Temperate Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds - hardwood cuttings
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 12
pH range: 6.1-7.8
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Fibre Landscape Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral

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