Bignonia magnifica (Cultivated)

Bignoniaceae Week :: Saritaea magnifica at Nagpur:: PKA10:: Came across this Climber at Nagpur. (Cultivated variety)
Bot. name: Saritaea magnifica
Family: Bignoniaceae

Now Bignonia magnifica

Bignoniaceae week :: Non natives : SMP : Bignonia magnifica Pune.:   Bignonia magnifica Syn. Saritaea magnifica
A climber with Big Bell shaped flowers.
Leaves glossy with two leaflets.

Bignoniaceae week:: Bignonia magnifica from CCS HAU Botanical Garden Hisar Haryana: Bignonia magnifica from CCS HAU Botanical Garden Hisar Haryana
shot in dec 2011

Flora of Haryana: 26122011BS1-Apocynaceae shrub for id from Botanical garden CCSHAU Hisar: (16 images)

148-TSP-ID-30JAN2018-3:An ornamental shrub near Chikmagalur for ID assistance : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)

Kindly examine and identify this plant 

Habit: Shrub 

Habitat: Cultivated along the hedges 

Sighting: Near Chikmagalur,Karnataka,about 1200 msl 

Date: 12-09-2015

Looks like some ornamental Thunbergia.

I think Saritaea magnifica– Glow Vine

Matches with Bignonia magnifica Syn:Saritaea magnifica.Thanks again …

Front view?

couldn’t get another view because of it’s height.

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To me it looks more as Adenocalymma alliaceum– the Lahsun Bel of Bignoniaceae.

I have sent the  photographs of Adenocalymma alliaceum in a separate mail. You may compare. The most important feature of the A.alliaceum is:  when you crush the leaves and smell they smell like garlic.  This is the confirmation for A.a.  Nevertheless, the pictures sent by .. looks like Bignonia species for me.

The Lahsun bel that you have mentioned…I am familiar with those flowers. They come in bunches & are smaller in size. Will post them in a seperate thread.
These are different and much bigger in size like Yellow Allamanda. They look to me like Saritaea magnifica as in flowersofindia.net Common names Glow Vine or Purple Bignonia.
Please check.

Pseudocalymma alliaceum
Family: Bignoniaceae
Common Name: Lasun Vel
It is a big woody climber. The leaves, if crushed emit garlic-like smell. However, the flowers are mildly & pleasantly scented. Suitable for arches & pergolas.

This is Arrabidaea magnifica

Also, thanks to all others who were trying to identify it for me.
It is exactly the same I had mentioned when I posted the pictures initially…..as in Flowers of India.
Common names Purple Bignonia, Glow Vine or Purple Funnel Vine.

ID is correct. It is very common in Mysore city.  Please check my article on this plant in Star of Mysore at:

https://starofmysore.com/the-garlic-vine-an-amazing-vine-from-the-wilderness-of-amazon/

Thanks very much … for link to your article. Quite informational. About name in Kannada or any language in India where it is planted as an ornamental, it can be christened as literal translation of “garlic vine”. In Marathi, the name is लसूण वेल lasun vel !! Many names in other parts of world too, are so !

It is not Lahsun bel.

Of course there is a look alike plant with few minor differences. But I am not able to provide the details right now.  Nevertheless, the simple test for ID is the leaves when crushed (by hands) smell like garlic.

This seems to be Saritaea magnifica. The Glow Vine.
And not the Garlic Vine.

what featrues differentiate Saritaa magnifica from the garlic vine in these two photographs?

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Thanks very very much … for pointing to correct ID. Will correct my notes as soon as possible, tomorrow.

… The stems (of Saritaea magnifica) are almost round in cross-section, and are marked with longitudinal stripes. Wikipedia.

I can see that in the second posted pic.

Here is a cropped version of where it can be seen as described. Photo quality not good.

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Thank you, … I do see it now. thats scientific. but I wanted to know from … they are gardeners
i would like to know what does a gardener see in these two pictures that gave them the differences. it would help all non-botanists… like me

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One need to check all the characters (vegetative & reproductive) before arriving at the final ID on the posting ….  Let us wait for the comments from other learned members of the group, as well.  Nevertheless, the article on which I have written is Garlic vine only. Meanwhile, I request … to post few more photos, if available.

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I am surprised to note that you are a non-botanist with a sound knowledge of botany, especially Taxonomy !

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I’m not good at describing the minute differences, nor am I a gardener. I just relate to plants.

The flowers and leaves here are much larger, and flowers are few, unlike a cluster of flowers in Garlic Vine.

flowersofindia 1
flowersofindia 2 

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Thanks a lot. … but that is a recipe for making mistakes.

in this case you were correct, Though but i have seen large clusters of flowers in a garlic vine in a botanical garden of repute. it was labelled

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Those are the only two photos I have …

Personally, I now believe that the plant must be Saritaea magnifica … synonym of Bignonia magnifica.

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you will be correct in your inference. I am NOT a botanist. I believe in being scientific, that’s all but also humanistic and believe in ANEKANTAVAAD , which says many opinions may be// are going to be…. correct, so respect all opinions. so I keep an open mind. but my students will tell you i am a task master and say that they love me !!! go figure.:) 🙂 A task master who is loved????

I am also a Physician and good at differential diagnosis. insist on it otherwise the patients will suffer. And that’s also me.

And as far as botany is concerned, I also believe that the Earth is evolving continuously. hence what was described a hundred or two hundred years ago may not hold true now !!!
like the tree line moving up the mountains and glaciers disappearing, so nothing is written in stone.

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That’s exactly what I meant. Garlic Vine has flowers in clusters, unlike the one posted above.
Probably you did not read my mail.

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i read everything carefully and i also responded that :
but i have seen large clusters of flowers in a garlic vine in a botanical garden of repute. it was labelled

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… your article shows garlic vine, there is no doubts about that

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good description

https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/75140#ref5

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Bignonia magnifica

Mansoa alliacea

I am posting pictures of Garlic vine and Glow vine from my place.  Photos taken by me. Glow vine is a compact vine that may be shaped into a large shrub, while Garlic vine is a  hardy climber.
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Pl check this link for Glow vine: toptropicals

Appears close to images at Bignonia magnifica (Cultivated)
Leaves of the climber may not be visible in the posted images.

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