Pyrostegia venusta

Flaming trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
Information sources
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/py
rostegia.html
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/372/
http://www.jaycjayc.com/pyrostegia-vensuta-flamevine
Photography Locations
CII – Godrej GBC, Hyderabad
KBR Park, Hyderabad
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Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
™ Native: Brazil, Bolivia,
Argentina and Paraguay
in South America
™ Family: Bignoniaceae
™ Height: 24m long
™ Perennial woody vine
™ Leaf shape: Compound
leaves with oval leaflets
™ Ornamental
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Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
™ Tamil: தங்கப்
Thanga poo
™ Other Names: Flame
Vine, Orange Trumpet
Vine/Creeper, Golden
Shower
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Etymology
™ Pyrostegia comes
from Greek
¾ Pyro means
Flame –
Reddish
orange flowers
¾ Stege means
coveringGrowth habit
™ Venusta means
pleasing
Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
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Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
™ Pyrostegium
easily re grow
from its roots
even if damaged
above ground
™ Flaming trumpet
covers very
quickly with its
tendrils and by
twining
whatever
support it’s clung
to with its
rampant growth
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Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
™ Genus: Pyrostegia
(py-roh-STEEJ-eeuh)
™ Species: venusta
(ven-NUSS-tuh)
™ Without control,
flame vine in
tropical climates
sometimes can be
so aggressive that
it can smother
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trees
Medium to dark green foliage, having compound leaves
with 2 or 3 ovate leaflets, 4-11cm long and the terminal
third leaflet often a 3-parted tendril
Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
Orange Trumpet Creeper is a floriferous climber that
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flowers almost continuously throughout the year in the
5-7cm long tubular flowers, stunningly ablaze in
reddish-orange are borne in clusters of 15-20
Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
These attractive flowers are a magnet
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hummingbirds, bumble
bees
and butterflies
for
Fruit is a narrow cylindrical capsule about 25-30cm long,
containing many winged seeds that can be used for
propagation.
Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
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Usage
™
To cover and decorate garden
fences, trellises, arbors and
arches and walls
™
Traditional Brazilian medicine
as a general tonic for treating
diarrhea, vitiligo, cough, and
common diseases of the
Flaming Trumpet
Pyrostegia venusta
respiratory system related to
infections, such as bronchitis,
flu and cold
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Thank you
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