Thunbergia affinis S.Moore

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Thunbergia

Characteristics

A climbing shrub. It grows 4.5 m tall. The leaves are simple and opposite. They are dark green. The flowers are trumpet shaped and purple with a yellow throat. The fruit are an upside down cone. They are green. There are 1-3 seeds. They are brown to black and hard.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.75 - 3.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It is often on termite mounds. It grows in sunny places with a moist soil.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses food gene source
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Thunbergia affinis world distribution map, present in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Jamaica, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Somalia, Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56176-1
WFO ID wfo-0000410256
COL ID 56NV7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Thunbergia affinis