Description
Combretum indicum / Quisqualis indica
Scientific name / local name : Bauhinia aureifolia
Origin : South east Asia, Thailand
Flower colour : white to pink
Soil : well drained, rich soil
sun/shade : semi shade to full sun
watering : plenty
Hardiness/ temp. ( C) : tropical, 12-35 Celsius
Height : 2-25 meter
Overall information : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combretum_indicum
The Rangoon creeper is a ligneous vine that can reach from 2.5 meters to up to 8 meters. The leaves are elliptical with an acuminate tip and a rounded base. They grow from 7 to 15 centimeters and their arrangement is opposite. The flowers are fragrant and tubular and their color varies from white to pink to red. The 30 to 35 mm long fruit is ellipsoidal and has five prominent wings. The fruit tastes like almonds when mature.
Rangoon creeper is found in thickets or secondary forests of the Philippines, India, Pakistan and Malaysia. It has since been cultivated and naturalized in tropical areas such as Burma, Vietnam, and Thailand.
The flowers change in colour with age and it is thought that this is a strategy to gather more pollinators. The flower is initially white and opens at dusk. This attracts hawkmoths with long tongues for pollination. On the second day it turns pink and on the third it turns red attracting day flying bees and birds. The flower also changes from a horizontal orientation to a drooping pose.[2]
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