Thunbergia atriplicifolia E.Mey.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrublet, 0.25-0.4 mm high, sparsely to densely pubescent. Stems with a tendency to twine. Leaves sessile or with petioles up to 4 mm long; blade ovate, elliptic to lanceolate, (10-)23-62(-80) x (6-)12-35(-55) mm, apex acute, obtuse or emarginate, base cordate, truncate or cuneate, margin entire or toothed, usually only with two teeth at the base. Flower bracts persistent, (13-)17-27 mm long. Calyx 3-5 mm long and (8-)10-17 mm broad. Corolla with inner and outer surface of lobes and outer surface of tube dull white, inner surface of tube dull yellow; lobes (10-)13-17(-20) x (11-)15-29 mm, tube 20-27(-32) mm long and (1.7-)2-10 mm in diameter with unicellular trichomes and stipitate glands. Filaments 4-6.5 mm long; anther thecae 3-4 mm long. Style 11-16 mm long, upper part pubescent or glabrous. Fruit (13-)15-19 mm long with globose base (6-)7-10 mm in diameter; stalk (26-)32-78(-104) mm long. Seed reddish or greyish brown with trichomes usually evenly arranged; 3.8-6 mm in diameter.
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Perennial herb or shrublet, sparsely to densely pubescent, 0.2-1.0 m high. Leaves: blades highly variable in shape, ovate to narrowly ovate. Corolla dull white to light yellow. Stigma 2-lobed, one below the other. Flowering time Aug.-June.
Erect to twining small shrub, 250-400 mm tall. Stigma 2-lobed. Leaf blade ovate to broadly ovate. Flowers dull white, inside of tube dull yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
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Environment

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Soil texture 3-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Thunbergia atriplicifolia world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56268-1
WFO ID wfo-0001044548
COL ID 56NVQ
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Synonyms

Thunbergia flavohirta Thunbergia bachmannii Thunbergia cordibracteolata Thunbergia atriplicifolia Thunbergia aspera Thunbergia galpinii Thunbergia hirtistyla Thunbergia xanthotricha Thunbergia bauri