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Maiden's jealousy

Tristellateia australasiae

Also called Shower of Gold, Australian Goldvine, Galphimia Vine, Maiden's Jealosy

Maiden's jealousy
Photo: Wiki Farazi, CC0

Tristellateia australasiae is a woody climbing vine (liana) of wet tropical forests, mangroves and creek banks, grown for its showy clusters of small yellow flowers. It needs warmth, humidity and a sturdy support to climb.

Family
Malpighiaceae (Malpighi family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth; it likes moisture but should not stand in waterlogged soil.
Soil
Fertile, well-drained loam or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Comoros, Indo-China to Nansei-shotō and W. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Tristellateia australasiae, also known as maiden's jealousy, showers of gold climber and Australian gold vine, is a climbing plant in the Malpighiaceae family that is native to Southeast Asia and northern Australia.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tristellateia australasiae 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.

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