BIGNONIACEAE

Unlike the Melastomataceae plants, these are plants from the Bignoniaceae Family. They are Thunbergia erecta, Radermachera "Kunming" and Jacaranda obtusifolia and some of the typical characteristics are:

• opposite leaves
• trumpet-shaped flower with a fused corolla
• zygomorphic (bilateral symmetry) flower 2+3
• 2 or 4 stamens
• winged seed
• estipulate