Thunbergia lancifolia T.Anderson

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Thunbergia

Characteristics

A herb. It has an erect stem 60-90 cm high. It has a woody rhizome. The leaves vary from narrow to more broadly oval. The flowers are tube shaped. They are blue with an orange-yellow throat. The fruit is a capsule and covered with fine hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. In Malawi it grows at high altitude. It grows in dry savannah that is burnt often. It also grows in open woodland. It grows between 1,000-1,800 m above sea level.
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Dry, regularly burned savannah and open woodland, at elevations from 1,000-1,800 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young leaves are cooked and eaten. Flowers are sucked for their sweetness.
Uses food gene source medicinal
Edible flowers leaves nectars
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Thunbergia lancifolia world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56337-1
WFO ID wfo-0000409939
COL ID 56P22
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Thunbergia gentianoides Thunbergia glaberrima Thunbergia lancifolia Thunbergia friesii Thunbergia puberula Thunbergia elskensii Thunbergia cerinthoides Thunbergia bequaertii Thunbergia hockii Thunbergia valida Thunbergia lancifolia var. auriculata Thunbergia lancifolia var. laevis Thunbergia lancifolia var. pallida