Tecomaria capensis subsp. nyassae (Oliv.) Brummitt

 
  • Family : BIGNONIACEAE
    (Bignonia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEELI GULMOHUR FAMILY (नीली गुलमोहर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Bignoniaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Tecoma nyassae Oliv.; Tecoma nyikensis Baker; Tecoma shirensis Baker; Tecoma whytei C.H.Wright; Tecomaria rupium Bullock; Tecomaria schirensis Engl. & K.Schum.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tecomaria nyassae (Oliv.) Baill.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Multi-stemmed, often scrambling shrub, rarely a small tree; Branches usually densely covered with lenticels; Leaves opposite, odd-pinnate with 3–6 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet, petiole and rhachis slightly winged, leaflets elliptic to ovate, mostly up to 7.5 × 3.5 cm, mostly hairless on both surfaces except for hairtuft domatia below, asymmetrically rounded at the base, margin toot; Flowers in a terminal compact cymose cluster, attractive, calyx short truncate tube, corolla funnel shaped, tube golden yellow, lobes broad, yellow, stamens 4, included, style long, longer than the corolla, stigma white, 2-lobed.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : BGL
  • Native : Angola, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of K. Sankara Rao
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tecomaria capensis subsp. nyassae
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Tecomaria capensis subsp. nyassae. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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