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Tecoma capensis
(Cape Honeysuckle) (= Tecomaria capensis)
Life
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> Family: Bignoniaceae > Genus: Tecoma
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Tecoma capensis (Cape honeysuckle) in Cape Town garden. [photo
Hamish Robertson] |
Indigenous distribution extends from Uitenhage in the
Eastern Cape (South Africa) to southern Mozambique (Goldblatt
and Manning, 2000). However, it is widely cultivated in South African
gardens and is often grown as a hedge.
Herbivores
Text by Hamish Robertson
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