Tecoma capensis

T. capensis is a clambering or semi-erect shrub, 3-4 m in length. Stems cylindrical, lenticellate, puberulous;cross section of the mature stem with peripheral phloem not forming a cross. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate, 7-11-foliolate, without tendrils;leaflets 1.5-4.2 ? 1-3 cm, elliptical to sub-rounded, membranaceous, sessile, the apex rounded, the base rounded or abruptly cuneate, the margins serrate;upper surface dull, pale, with slightly prominent venation;lower surface light green, dull, punctate, with slightly prominent venation, forming a conspicuous network, with tufts of hairs in the axils;petioles 1.5-2.5 cm long;pseudo-stipules absent. Flowers numerous in axillary racemes;pedicel 6-10 mm long. Calyx green, 5-7 mm long, 5-dentate, ciliate, puberulent;corolla orange or reddish orange, tubular, curved, 3.5-5 cm long, with 5 oblong, unequal lobes, the 2 upper lobes smaller than the 3 lower;stamens 4, of equal length;ovary superior, oblong, glabrous. Capsule linear, 5-11 cm long and 7-8 mm wide;seeds in 2 rows, slender, 2-winged, the wings hyaline-membranaceous (Acevedo-Rodr’guez, 2005).