Thunbergia pondoensis Lindau

Species

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Characteristics

Herbaceous creeper, pubescent. Leaves petiolate, petioles 10-52 mm long; blade ovate, 25-90 x 14-70 mm, apex acute, sometimes obtuse, base hastate, margin entire, lobed or toothed. Flower bracts persistent; 14-24 x 9-20 mm. Calyx with lobes 2-7 mm long, lobes subuliform. Corolla with inner and outer surface of lobes and outer surface of tube white, inner surface of tube orange yellow; lobes 10-15 x 14-23 mm, tube 18-20 mm long, 4-7 mm in diameter. Filaments 4-7 mm long, anther thecae 3-5 mm long. Style 8-12 mm long, unicellular trichomes present on upper part. Fruit 15-20 mm long, globose base 7-10 mm in diameter. Seed dark brown; trichomes adhere to form ridges on testa; 2.5-4.5 mm in diameter.
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Creeper or twiner. Leaf base hastate, petiolate, petioles not winged. Fruit glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Flowers white, inside of tube orange-yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56389-1
WFO ID wfo-0001044561
COL ID 7C9NW
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Synonyms

Thunbergia pondoensis