Beaumontia grandiflora

Description

Nepal trumpet vine is a large evergreen climber.Stem is woody with rusty velvety shoots,milky juice flows from cut stems.Oppositely arranged leaves are opposite,membranous-leathery,obovate to ovate-oblong,abruptly acuminate usually smooth and hairless,rarely sparesely hairy below,15-30 x 7-18 cm.Leaf stalks are 1.25-2.5 cm long,hairy.Sepals are inverted-lanceshaped,velvety,3.5 cm long,often glandular within,dark red or reddish brown in colour.Flowers are 7.5-12.5 cm long,bell-shaped,white or creamish,hairless or velvety,petals 5,2.5 cm long,rounded with a short point.Stamens are 5,staying inside the flower,alternating with the petals;anthers arrowshaped,connivent to the stigma forming five sided cone,disc 5-lobed.Style is threadlike,stigma fusiform.Follicles are oblong,thick,woody,turgid green.Seeds many ovoid or oblong,compressed,contracted at the top.Flowering: March-April.