Thunbergia purpurata Harv. ex C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Acanthaceae > Thunbergia

Characteristics

A dark green, herbaceous creeper, sparsely pubescent. Stems purplish green where internodes thicken; nodes hairy, a few trichomes present on nodes. Leaves with veins on abaxial side dark purple; petiolate, petioles (11-)18-47 mm long; blade lanceolate (21-)46-78(-90) x (11-)18-37(-47) mm, apex usually acuminate, sometimes obtuse or emarginate; base hastate, margin entire. Flower bracts 13-23 x 8-20 mm. Calyx with unicellular trichomes and stipitate glands; lobes 1.3-4.7 mm long. Corolla with inner and outer surface of lobes and outer surface of tube white, tube dull yellow on inner surface; lobes 9-13 x 0.5-13 mm, tube 20-25 mm long, 2.5-8 mm in diameter. Filaments 4-6.5 mm long; anther thecae 3.5-3.7 mm long, spurs not strongly developed. Style 11-14 mm long. Fruit 22-25 mm long, globose base 8-10 mm in diameter; stalk 30-52 mm long. Seed reddish brown; some trichomes adhere to form comb-like protuberances; 4.5-7 mm in diameter.
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Perennial herb or climber, sparsely pubescent, 0.5-1.5 m high. Leaves hastate, dark green with conspicuous dark purplish veins abaxially. Corolla white. Flowering time Nov.-Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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 purpurata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:56397-1
WFO ID wfo-0001044562
COL ID 56P44
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Synonyms

Thunbergia purpurata