Strongylodon macrobotrys - Blue Jade Vine

The Blue Jade Vine (also called a Green Jade Vine or Seagreen) is a spectacular vine. The vine itself has a thick woody trunk, which branches out... more

by Sharon Mau

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Strongylodon macrobotrys - Blue Jade Vine

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Sharon Mau

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The Blue Jade Vine (also called a Green Jade Vine or Seagreen) is a spectacular vine. The vine itself has a thick woody trunk, which branches out with leaves that are a waxy light green. A vine left untrimmed can quickly reach lengths of up to 75 feet.

The flowers of the Blue Jade are extremely vivid. Dropping from the vine itself a stalk off flowers may reach over 5 feet in length and may have 50 to 100 flowers. Each flower is 2 to 4 inches, curved and very durable. The flowers are all a stunning blue-green and are often used in Leis. The Blue Jade was brought onto the Hawaiian Islands as a decorative plant.

Flowers have a beautiful seagreen/turquoise colour that is almost beyond description. This colour is extremely rare in the plant world. The bloom is a pendant, clustered birds beak like inflorescence up to 4 1/2 ft. long and puts on a spectacular show when in bloom with amazing long clusters of brilliant flowers. Often used in Lei making . . the blue hue is perhaps the most rare in the world of flowers.

Strongylodon macrobotrys
The pale green foliage consists of three leaflets.
The claw-shaped flowers are carried in pendent trusses or pseudoracemes of 75 or more flowers and can reach as much as 3 m long. The turquoise flower colour is similar to some forms of the minerals turquoise and jade, varying from blue-green to mint green.
The short, oblong, fleshy seedpods are up to 15 cm long and contain up to 12 seeds.

The plant grows beside streams in damp forests, or in ravines.
The inflorescences are only produced by mature vines.
Each individual bloom resembles a stout-bodied butterfly with folded wings.

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October 30th, 2012