Rangoon Creeper

Quisqualis indica L.

KWIS-kwal-iss IN-dah-kah

Combretaceae

Explantion of name: Quisqualis comes from Latin who or what, the meaning in Linnaeus’s mind being unclear (BA1). Indica denotes origins in the East Indies.

Natural range: Tropical Asia

Recognition: Aggressive vine with opposite elliptic leaves and long-tubular flowers, these white changing to deep flesh-red, fragrant.

Landscape uses: Suitable in bright sunny places where a rampant, fast-growing, aggressively climbing-sprawling vine with showy, fragrant flowers is desired. Fond of chain-link fences.