English: Blue Trumpet Vine.
Region: East Asia, southern China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Habitat: tropical, subtropical; thickets; full sun or partial shade; prefers a fertile, moist, but well-drained soil; elevations from 400 to 1500 metres.
Use: food, cooked leaves as a vegetable; medicine; ornamental.
BotanyHerb; climbing; perennial; fast growing.
Stems: up to 10 metres; scrambling over the ground, twining high into trees.
Flowers: large; violet or white; flowering all year round.
Skin: snake bites
Propagation: by seed and cuttings.