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1. Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K.Schum.

H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 230. 1894.— Bignonia grandiflora Thunb., Nova Acta Soc. Sci. Upsal. 4: 39. 1783.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Climbing shrub with aerial rootlets, less vigorous than C. radicans. Leaflets 3–6 pairs, serrate, glabrous, subsessile or shortly petiolulate. Calyx yellowish-green; deeply lobed; lobes acuminate. Corolla tube slightly longer than calyx, light orange; lobes 3.5–4.5 cm wide, strongly imbricate, pinkish-orange inside. Stamens almost reaching corolla mouth.

Distribution : Native to C & E China.

Vernacular : Rung arun (รุ่งอรุณ).

CommonName : Chinese Trumpet Creeper.