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Pandorea pandorana

Common Name	Wonga Vine
Family	Bignoniaceae
Description	Vigorous climber with woody vine and twining branches
size	Up to 8 metres
Leaf	Mostly 3–9 -foliate up to 160mm long, leaflets linear to ovate 25 - 80mm long, dark green and shiny. Juvenile leaves 20–80 mm long and with 8–17 small bluntly toothed leaflets.
Flower	Tubular to 20mm long, cream with purple markings inside. Copious in number.
Flower Season	September to December
Fruit	Large green pod to 80 mm long.
Propagation	Can be propagated from seed and cuttings
Details	The bottom of older vines can be up to 40 mm in diameter and very strong. Vines will grow up trees and over shrubs often killing the shrub due to its weight breaking the shrub branches and trunk
Attracts	For small birds to nest in
Conservation Status	Common, not threatened
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Juvenile leaf

Adult leaf

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Seed

Shows stem twining around the trunk of a Melaleuca ericifolia