About Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague
Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague, commonly known as pink trumpet vine, grows as an evergreen vining shrub with woody, twining stems and no tendrils. It can reach a height of 5 meters (16 feet). Its opposite leaves are up to 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) long, and are imparipinnate, made up of 5 to 13 leaflets. The leaflets are ovate, lanceolate-ovate to broadly oblong-elliptic, and pointed; they measure 2-7 centimeters long by 1-3 centimeters wide, and may be somewhat larger on new shoots. The leaves are dark green, with somewhat toothed margins and a cuneate base that is often slightly asymmetrical, and each leaflet has a short to long acuminate apex. The petiole is 0.8–1 centimeter (0.31–0.39 inches) long. Pink trumpet vine is native to South Africa, where it is endemic to the Port St. Johns area at the mouth of the Mzimvubu River, between East London and Durban, though there are unconfirmed hypotheses that it may have originated in East Africa instead. It has since been introduced to Morocco, Spain, the Canary Islands, Saint Helena, Hawaii, Bolivia, Central America, Mexico, and many Caribbean islands.
