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Chonemorpha fragrans
Frangipani vine is a vigorous, mostly evergreen climbing shrub from Asia that can reach 30 m or more and bears large, fragrant white flowers. It needs warmth, full sun for best flowering, and a large support such as a pergola, trellis or tree.
Chonemorpha fragrans, the frangipani vine or climbing frangipani, is a plant species in the genus Chonemorpha. It is a vigorous, generally evergreen, climbing shrub producing stems 30 m (98 ft) or more long that can climb to the tops of the tallest trees in the forests of Southeast Asia. It has scented, white flowers and large shiny leaves. It is native to China, India (the Himalayas), Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand. It is very commonly used in Ayurveda (an Indian traditional medicine) and it is also cultivated mostly worldwide in frost-free places.
As the plant is semi-deciduous in subtropical areas, it can tolerate some colder temperatures (about 30 - 40°F,) but will then be fully dormant during the winter months, but it prefers a frost-free warm position. It may lose leaves if temperature drops below 45°F.
In USA, it is hardy to between USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) and USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F).
It is native to temperate Asia and Tropical and subtropical Asia.
It has been used in folk medicine to help treat various disorders.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chonemorpha fragrans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
