Cape honeysuckle
Tecoma capensis
Scientific Name
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.
Synonyms
Bignonia capensis Thunb.Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
Common Names
Cape honeysuckle, fire flower, flame vine, red tecoma, tecoma
Family
Bignoniaceae
Origin
Native to southern Africa (i.e. South Africa and Swaziland) and southern Mozambique.
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in the coastal districts of eastern Australia (i.e. throughout eastern Queensland, in the coastal districts of central and northern New South Wales, and in eastern Victoria). Also naturalised on Norfolk Island and overseas in south-eastern USA (i.e. Florida).
Notes
Cape honeysuckle (Tecoma capensis) is regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales.
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