Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers
Vernacular name: Flame vine, Orange trumpet vine, Flaming trumpet
Species Name: Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers
Family: Bignoniaceae
Habit: Vigorous evergreen climber
Stem: Slender, numerous, woody, climbing by forked tendrils
Leaf: Opposite, pinnate, ovate leaflets, glossy green, terminal 3-branched tendril
Flowering: Winter-Spring (November-March)
Flowers: Terminal pendulous clusters; long narrow tubular corollas orange-red, hummingbird-pollinated; 5 reflexed lobes, exserted stamens & style; calyx campanulate
Fruit: Smooth brown capsules
Uses:
- Leaf, stem and flower extracts are used in traditional systems to soothe cold, cough, flu and bronchitis.
- Preparation from different parts of plants are topically applied in folk remedies for managing and treating skin ailments like leukoderma, vitiligo and support melanogenesis.
- Infusions of aerial parts are used in traditional medicines of Brazil as general health tonic and to treat diarrhoea.
- Plant contains triterpenes and flavonoids that exhibits antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities that helps with speeded healing of wounds.
- It is an ornamental plant preferred due to its seasonal vibrant bloom. It is planted near fences, walls, pergolas and trellises due to its vigorous climbing.
