Cape Honeysuckle
Tecoma (Tecomaria) capensis
Observed in a secondary growth woods in Nairobi, Kenya. July 2014.
VINE: Claw-shaped aerial roots anchor the vine tightly to tree bark or building bricks.
FLOWERS: Large, showy, yellow, tubular flowers are bilaterally symetrical.
LEAVES: Leaves are paired at each node and each is compound, bifoliate.
RANGE: Native to the Americas and introduced. This vine has potential to be a ecologically disruptive invasive.
FRUIT: Long flattened pods with many seeds.
UNARMED. Without thorns on the stems or leaves.