Pithecoctenium cynanchoides Richard Lynch a graceful evergreen that climbs

a graceful evergreen that climbs to ten feet or more on slender trunks dressed in smooth

Through the growing season the tree is clothed in soft

belongs firmly to the second kind

among azaleas and blueberries in acid

and peeling cinnamon bark

Pithecoctenium cynanchoides Richard Lynch a graceful evergreen that climbsPithecoctenium cynanchoides, the monkey's comb, is a vigorous, tendril climbing vine of the trumpet creeper family, Bignoniaceae, native to the warm woodlands and thickets of South America. Semi evergreen in mild climates, the vine climbs by many branched tendrils and clothes a support quickly in heart shaped, three parted leaves, the terminal leaflet often turned into a grasping tendril of its own. Through the warm season the vine carries showy,