Radermachera
From Gardenology.org - Plant Encyclopedia and Gardening wiki
Radermachera subsp. var. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Genus in the trumpet-vine family with about 15 species, mostly trees or shrubs, originating in tropical Southeast Asia. They are evergreen trees reaching 5-40 m tall, with bipinnate or tripinnate leaves, and panicles of large bell-shaped, white, pink, pale purple or yellow flowers 5-7 cm diameter.
R. sinica has become a popular houseplant, grown for its decorative foliage.
Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
- Selected species
- Radermachera frondosa Chun & How
- Radermachera eberhardtii Dop
- Radermachera gigantea Miquel
- Radermachera glandulosa (Blume) Miquel
- Radermachera hainanensis Merrill
- Radermachera ignea (Kurz) Steenis
- Radermachera microcalyx C. Y. Wu & W. C. Yin
- Radermachera peninsularis Steenis
- Radermachera pentandra Hemsley
- Radermachera pinnata (Blanco) Seem.
- Radermachera ramiflora Steenis
- Radermachera sinica (Hance) Hemsley
- Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) K. Schum
- Radermachera yunnanensis C. Y. Wu & W. C. Yin
Gallery
References
- Flora of China: Radermachera
- Flora of Thailand: Radermachera species list
- Radermachera eberhardtii (Bignoniaceae), a new record for Thailand Thai Forest. Bull. (Bot.) 31: 129–131. 2003 (pdf file).
External links
- w:Radermachera. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Radermachera QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)