Acanthaceae

Ruellia speciosa

Brazil

Clambering shrub

T. alata

Black-eyed Susan

Africa

Thunbergia (Acanthaceae)

T. fragrans

Sri Lanka, India

T. gregorii

Orange clock-vine

Tropical east Africa

Herbaceous twiners

Thunbergia grandiflora India

Bengal clock-vine

Aggressive twiner

Annonaceae

Artabotrys hexapetalus

Climbing ylang-ylang

Sri Lanka and southern India

Inflorescences near the tip are modified into tendril-like coils

Apocynaceae

Allamanda cathartica

A. cathartica ‘Nobilis’

Brazil

Allamanda blanchetii

Brazil

Allamanda ‘Cherries Jubilee’

Beaumontia grandiflora

Himalayas

Herald’s trumpet

Chonemorpha fragrans

Frangipani vine

India to Malaysia

Tabernaemontana pachysiphon

(syn. Conopharyngia holstii)

Tropical eastern Africa

Shrub

vs.

vine

Echites umbellata

Rubber vine

Florida, West Indies, Central America

Pentalinon lutea (syn.Urechites lutea)

Sun Dial

Florida, tropical Americas

Misrepresented as “yellow mandevilla”

Mandevilla ‘Pink Leah’

Mandevilla (syn. Dipladenia)

Eastern mountains of Brazil

Mandevilla Xamoena ‘Alice DuPont’

Bolivia

Mandevilla boliviensis

Odontadenia macrantha

Costa Rica to BrazilPrestonia mollis

Amazon basin

TWINING CLIMBERS

Strophanthus preussii

Medusa flower

Tropical west Africa

Strophanthus gratus

Climbing oleander

Tropical west Africa

Clambering shrub

Trachelospermum jasminoides

(Apocynaceae)

Star “jasmine”

Confederate “jasmine”

True jasmine is Jasminum in the Oleaceae family

Jasmine flowers are not twisted like a propeller

Epipremnum aureum Monstera deliciosa

invasive pest!

Araceae

Aristolochia gigantea

Duck or pelican flower; Zapatito de difunto

Mexico to Brazil

Aristolochia grandiflora

Dutchman’s pipe

Carib, Cent & So. Am.

Aristolochiaceae

Aristolochia labiata Dutchman’s Pipe South America

Attracts swallowtail butterflies!!!!!!! (non-aggressive twiner)

Asclepiadaceae (now included with Apocynaceae) Wax flower

Hoya multiflora

Malaysia, India, Indonesia

Hoya pottsii

S. China to N. India

Hoya purpureo-fusca

Indonesia

Stephanotis floribunda

Madagascar

Madagascar “jasmine”, Floradora, Estefanote

Asclepiadaceae

Bignoniaceae (many types of climbers including modified leaves)

Adenocalymna comosum

Brazil

Clytostoma calistegioides

Love charm, Argentine trumpet vine Brazil to northern Argentina

Cydista aequinoctealis

Mexico to Brazil

Vaquero colorado

Distictis buccinatoria

Red trumpet-creeper

Modified, hook-like leaflets

Macfadyena unguis-cati

Cat’s claw, Great imposter vine

Mex, W.I., to Argentina

Mansoa alliaceum

Garlic vine

Guiana to Brazil

Mansoa verrucifera

Yucatan

Podranea ricasoliana

Port St. John’s creeper; Bubblegum vine

South Africa

Pandorea jasminoides

Bower vine

Australia, New Caledonia, Malaysia

Tecomanthe dendrophila

(syn. T. venusta)

Twining climber

New Guinea, Moluccas, Soloman Islands

Tecomaria capensis

Cape honeysuckle

South Africa

Clambering shrub

Capparis erythrocarpus

W. Africa to Congo

Capparis micrantha v. henryi

Cat’s whiskers

Formosa to SulaweseThorny clamberers

Capparidaceae (Caper family)

Combretaceae

Combretum aubletii

Venezuela

Combretum coccinea

Scarlet comb

Madagascar

Combretum constrictum

Madagascar

Combretum grandiflorum

Showy combretum

Tropical west Africa

Quisqualis indica

India to New Guinea

Rangoon creeper, Picuala, Red “jasmine”

Caprifoliaceae Lonicera hildebrandiana

Giant Burmese honeysuckle China to SE Asia

Pereskia aculeata

Barbados gooseberry

Tropical Americas

Cactaceae

Calopyxis grandidieri

Madagascar

Combretaceae

Argyrea nervosa

Wooly morning-glory

Eastern India

Convolvulaceae

Poranopsis paniculata

Snow-creeper, Coralita

Northern India and Myanmar

Ipomoea microdactyle

Florida

Ipomoea horsfalliae

Cardinal creeper

West Indies

Ipomoea sp

Herbaceous creepers

Merremia tuberosa

Wood rose, Regret vine

A serious invasive.

If you plant it in the garden you’ll regret it.

If you have the seed-pods (capsules) in arrangements, cook them in the oven before disposing.

Use Lagerstroemia pods as an alternative in dry arrangements.

Gurania makoyana

Durian Province - Panama

Luffa cylindrica

Loofah vine

Tropical Asia/Africa

Cucurbitaceae (cucumber family) many annuals, some pests

Mormordica charantia

Old World tropics

Euphorbiaceae (Poinsettia family)

Dalechampia aristolochiafolia

Winged beauty, Manicillo

Peru, southern Ecuador

Few vines in this family.

Fabaceae (Legume family)

Bauhinia galpinii

Nasturtium bauhinia

Tropical Africa

Bauhinia vahlii

Malu creeper

Foothills of the Himalayas

Kennedia nigricans

Black coral pea

Western Australia

Vigna caracalla

Snail flower

Tropical South America

Herbaceous tendriled vines

Centrosema sp Darian Province, Panama

Flower resupinate (inverted), standard is usually above

Mucuna bennettii

New Guinea creeper

Strongylodon macrobotrys

Jade vine

Philippines

Beautiful but aggressive

Climbing monocot – leaf-tip tendrils

Liliaceae

Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’

Gloriosa lily

Africa, India, Asia, Sri Lanka

Mascagna divaricata

Origin uncertain, tropical America

Stigmaphyllum ciliatum

Amazon vine

Coastal tropical America

Malpighiaceae

Tristellateia australasiae

Madagascar to Australia

(Malpighiaceae)

Riversides, ever-blooming

Nepanthes Xcoccinea (Nepanthaceae)

Pitcher plant

Madagascar, Seychelles, SE Asia to Queensland, Aust.

Bougainvillea

Hybrids

Papelillo

South America

Nyctaginaceae

4-O’clock family

Clambering shrubs

Bougainvillea

Growing in Balboa Park, San Diego

Jasminum nitidum

Windmill jasmine

Admiralty Islands, Papua-New Guinea

Oleaceae (Jasmine family)

Jasminum sambac ‘Maid of Orleans’

Probably India, tropical AsiaNote: petals NOT propeller-shaped

Passiflora alata

Passion flowers Tropical America tendrilled vines

Passiflora Xamethyst

Passiflora edulis

Passiflora coccinea

Passiflora vitifolia

Passiflora foetida

Goat-scented passion-flower

Passiflora ziikzodz

Batwing passion-flower

Passiflora phoenicea

Polygonaceae (Monroe called it the family of the departed parrot)

Antigonon guatemalensis

Coral vine

Mexico to Guatemala

Antigonon leptopus

Mexico

Solandra maxima

Chalice vine

Solandra longiflora

Caribbean basin

Solandra maxima

Mexico to Venezuela