Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.

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Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Thunbergia

Characteristics

Herbaceous vine. Stems subquadrate to ± flattened, pubescent (strigillose) or glabrate. Petiole slender, 10-45 mm long, naked; blades ovate to narrowly ovate-deltate, 3-11 x 0.9-6.6 cm, acute to acuminate at apex, truncate to subcordate at base, pubescent on both surfaces, venation palmate, margin entire to irregularly sinuate to shallowly, coarsely dentate (especially near base where a few teeth sometimes become lobelike). Inflorescence with flowers axillary; peduncle 20-70 mm long, often stout, pubescent; bracteoles green, ovate, 11-20 x 5-11 mm, acute to acuminate at apex, truncate or rounded at base, pubescent. Calyx 3-5 mm long, 12-17-lobed, lobes subulate, unequal, 1-3 mm long, pubescent; corolla white, 25-50 mm long, externallly pubescent, limb regular, 25-55 mm in diam., lobes broadly elliptic, 10-22 x 13-21 mm, truncate at apex; stamens didynamous, 6-10 mm long, thecae 2.5-3.5 mm long, equal to subequal in size, subparallel, equally to subequally inserted, lacking basal appendages, glabrous; style 15-20 mm long, glabrous, stigma funnelform, not noticeably 2-lobed, 1.5-1.8 mm long. Capsule 10-27 mm long, densely pubescent, body subglobose, 8-13 mm in diam., stout, flattened, subulate beak 10-19 mm long; seeds 4, 4-5 mm in diam., with a prominent pore on flat side, surface wrinkled and covered with scurfy, scalelike projections.
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Vines, herbaceous. Stems almost 4-angled to flattened, sulcate, hirsute. Petiole 0.5-4.5 cm, hirsute; leaf blade oblong-ovate to ovate to broadly ovate to oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 3-14 × 1.8-7 cm, both surfaces puberulent to subglabrous except for trichomes along veins or rarely glabrous, palmately 3-5-veined, base rounded to sometimes cuneate or cordate, margin entire, irregularly sinuate, or shallowly coarsely dentate, apex acute to acuminate. Flowers axillary, solitary; peduncle 1.5-5.5 cm; bracteoles ovate, 1.5-2.5 × 0.8-1.5 cm, puberulent, apex acute. Calyx 3-5 mm, unequally 10-17-dentate, glabrous. Corolla white, 3-5 cm, sparsely puberulent; tube basally cylindric for 4-7 mm, throat 1.8-2.3 cm; lobes obovate, 1.3-2.5 × 1.5-2.3 cm. Stamens included; filaments 6-10 mm, glabrous; anther thecae ca. 3 mm, divergent, glabrous. Ovary glabrous; style 1.5-2 cm, exserted; stigma funnel-shaped, ca. 2 mm. Cap-sule glabrous, basal part ca. 7 × 10-13 mm, beak 1.5-1.9 cm. Seeds 4-5 mm in diam., smooth or with scales. Fl. Aug-Jan, fr. Nov-Mar.
Herbaceous climbing or twining vine; stems strigose, subquadrangular. Leaves ovate to ovate lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, 2.0-5.5 cm wide, chartaceous, the margins undulate, hastate to cordate at the base, the tips acuminate, strigose on both the surfaces; petioles slender, 2-3 cm long. Inflorescences with the peduncle borne singly, axillary, to 5 cm; bracts deltoid ovate, 1.5-2.0 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, the tip acute attenuate, the base rounded. Flowers with the calyx with 15-20 subulate teeth; corolla white, the tube 2.0-2.5 cm long, the lobes crenate, nearly as long as the tube. Capsule depressed globose, tipped by a stout flattened, subulate beak 1.0-1.5 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Flower color
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal
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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Minimum temperature (C°) 1
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Images

Leaf

Thunbergia fragrans leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Thunbergia fragrans leaf picture by Aarati (cc-by-sa)
Thunbergia fragrans leaf picture by ZOSMO SIMIAO (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Thunbergia fragrans flower picture by ZOSMO SIMIAO (cc-by-sa)
Thunbergia fragrans flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Thunbergia fragrans flower picture by o Audrey (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Thunbergia fragrans world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Pakistan, Panama, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56270-1
WFO ID wfo-0000409985
COL ID 56NY2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 446880
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Synonyms

Thunbergia volubilis Roxburghia rostrata Thunbergia fragrans

Lower taxons

Thunbergia fragrans subsp. hainanensis