Common name
English: Cape honeysuckle
German: Kap-Geißblatt
Portuguese: Tecomácia
English: Cape honeysuckle
German: Kap-Geißblatt
Portuguese: Tecomácia
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Scrophulariales (94)
Family: Bignoniacea (18)(family description)
Genus: Tecoma (2)
Epithet: capensis (Thunb.) Lindl. (1)
Synonyms: Bignonia capensis Thunb., Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
capensis => from the Cape of Good Hope
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: red, orange
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