Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach

Japanese: ヒメノウゼンカズラ（英語表記）Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach

A somewhat creeping evergreen shrub of the Bignoniaceae family. The flowers are funnel-shaped, with a dozen or so flowers in a raceme, and are beautiful in red-orange or scarlet. It is often used as a potted plant. It is native to South Africa. It grows to a height of about 2.5m and climbs up. The opposite leaves are odd-pinnate compound leaves about 10cm long with 7-9 leaflets. The leaflets are opposite, ovate in size, 1.7-4cm long, pointed at the tip, and shallowly serrated. The flowers are about 5cm long, with a bell-shaped calyx with five deep lobes at the tip, a corolla that spreads toward the end of the flower tube and curves slightly outward, and a four-lobe tip. They grow in clusters in racemes at the ends of the branches.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ややつる状をなしたノウゼンカズラ科の常緑低木。花は漏斗形で十数花を総状につけ，赤橙色または緋色で美しい。鉢物として多く利用される。原産地は南アフリカ。高さ2.5mくらいになり，はい上がる。対生する葉は奇数羽状複葉で長さ10cmくらい，小葉を7～9枚つける。小葉は対生し，卵形で大小あり，長さ1.7～4cmで先はとがり，浅い鋸歯がある。長さ約5cmの花は，鐘状で先は深く5裂した萼と，花筒部先に向かって広がりやや外側に反り，先が4裂した花冠を有し，枝先の総状花序にかたまってつく。

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