• Scientific Name: Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.
• Ref: Bot. Reg. 13:t.1117. 1828
• Synonyms:
  • Bignonia capensis Thunb.
  • Ducoudraea capensis Bureau
  • Gelseminum capense (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Tecoma petersii Klotzsch
  • Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
  • T. capensis var. flava Verdc.
  • T. krebsii Klotzsch
  • T. petersii Klotzsch
• English Common Name: Cape honeysuckle
• Chinese Common Name: 硬骨凌霄 yìnggǔ língxiāo, 南非凌霄 Nánfēi língxiāo, 四季凌霄 sìjì língxiāo
• Japanese Common Name: ヒメノウゼンカズラ [姫凌霄花] himenōzenkazura
• Family: Bignoniaceae
• Genus: Tecoma
• Distribution: A native of S.Africa. Cultivated elsewhere.

Shrub up to 2.5 m tall, semierect-scandent. Shoots minutely pubescent. Leaves opposite; leaflets 2-9, elliptic-ovate, lateral ones 20-30 x 10-21 mm, upper half serrate, acute-subacuminate, cuneate. Calyx 5 mm long, lobes broad triangular, margin pubescent. Corolla orange-red, tube 35-45 mm long, curved, pubescent within (near the base), base glandular. Stigma exserted. Capsule up to 7.5 cm long. (Flora of Pakistan)