Scientific Name: Pandorea pandorana

Common Name: wonga vine

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Bignoniaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Hairless, fast-growing, climbing shrub with twining branchlets. Leaves are opposite with a glossy upper surface, 5-20cm long and variable in shape and size.

Height (m): 2 – 6

Flowers: 2cm long funnel-shaped cream or white flowers with broad lobes, streaked with red in the throat, and often with purple or crimson spots at the base of the larger lobes. The throat is bearded inside.

Fruit: Capsule – pod-like, 4-7cm long, containing flat seeds surrounded by a broad, transparent wing. Capsule turns from green to yellow and mottled with brown, and release the winged, red-brown seed at maturity.

Municipality
Flinders
Plant Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Damp gullies and wet sclerophyll forest on Flinders Island.

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Extremely vigorous, and often found scrambling through large trees. Prefers well-composted soil, good for features or screens, for fences and trellises.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Fresh seed is best, but some growers have had limited success with this species.

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination takes up to 3 weeks if fresh seed is used.

Germination Time

2-3 weeks

Cutting & Division Information

Use soft tip cuttings.