Cape Honeysuckle
Tecoma (Tecomaria) capensis
Observed blooming in a hedgerow near Eldoret, Kenya. December 2012.
SHRUB: Leafy, dark green shrub rarely taller than 2 m in height.
FLOWERS: Large, showy, red, tubular flowers are bilaterally symetrical
with prominent stamens.
LEAVES: Leaves are 20 to 30 cm long and pinnately compound. Dark
green. Leaves are are alternate on the stems.
RANGE: Native to South Africa, but widely planted in tropical and
subtropical areas worldwide.
FRUIT: Long slender pods are slightly compressed laterally and split
open to release papery seeds.
UNARMED. Without thorns.