- Exotic bindweed - (1)
Scientific Name: Camoensia Scandens
Synonymy: Camoensia maxima, Giganthemum Scandens
Family: Fabaceae
Category: Trees
Climate: Equatorial, Tropical
Origin: Africa, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea
Height: 3.0 to 3.6 meters, 3.6 to 4.7 meters
Luminosity: half shade, full sun
Camoensia is an ornamental bindweed of large and fragrant flowers, dark leaves, native from the Gulf of Guinea region in Africa and still rare in cultivation.
Its flowers appear in late Summer and Autumn, and are white, with long stamens and petals of bold margins and outlined of brown. One of the petals is larger, dorsal and with a yellow strip in the center, while the others are long and tapered.
Vigorous and suitable for heavier structures, this bindweed add exoticism and freshness to the garden. Its dense foliage creates the perfect environment to rest under the shadow in the scorching Summer.
Flowers are an attraction apart. Unusual, large and fragrant, they seem to be the sketch of a work, due to the outline of the flowers.
The plant are rustic and low maintenance, but it is necessary to remove the excess of branches that are overlapping densely over the truss to reduce the weight on the structure, return vigor to the plant and improve its appearance.
As tropical plant, Camoensia does not tolerate intense cold, frost or drought, and must be cultivate in hot and damp climate.
- Exotic bindweed - (1)
Scientific Name: Camoensia Scandens
Synonymy: Camoensia maxima, Giganthemum Scandens
Family: Fabaceae
Category: Trees
Climate: Equatorial, Tropical
Origin: Africa, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea
Height: 3.0 to 3.6 meters, 3.6 to 4.7 meters
Luminosity: half shade, full sun
Camoensia is an ornamental bindweed of large and fragrant flowers, dark leaves, native from the Gulf of Guinea region in Africa and still rare in cultivation.
Its flowers appear in late Summer and Autumn, and are white, with long stamens and petals of bold margins and outlined of brown. One of the petals is larger, dorsal and with a yellow strip in the center, while the others are long and tapered.
Vigorous and suitable for heavier structures, this bindweed add exoticism and freshness to the garden. Its dense foliage creates the perfect environment to rest under the shadow in the scorching Summer.
Flowers are an attraction apart. Unusual, large and fragrant, they seem to be the sketch of a work, due to the outline of the flowers.
The plant are rustic and low maintenance, but it is necessary to remove the excess of branches that are overlapping densely over the truss to reduce the weight on the structure, return vigor to the plant and improve its appearance.
As tropical plant, Camoensia does not tolerate intense cold, frost or drought, and must be cultivate in hot and damp climate.