Apocynaceae FAMILY

Beaumontia grandiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Nepal trumpet flower is a vigorous, evergreen climbing shrub producing woody stems that can be up to 20 metres long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The source of an excellent, but underutilized fibre, the plant also has medicinal properties. It is often grown as an ornamental, being particularly valued for its large, fragrant, white, trumpet-shaped flowers which are borne in abundance[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.

HabitatGrowing in trees in forests, clambering over rocks and shrubs in more open positions at elevations up to 1,400 metres in the Himalayas[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].