Herbarium JCB

Thunbergia fragrans var. fragrans C.B.Clarke

Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : ACANTHACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
Common name : Wight Thunbergia, Thunbergia wight gem
Vernacular name : Thannikodi, Vellachedi, Kasanagai (Tamil) Noorvan-vally (Malayalam); Chakrakedar (Oria)
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Dry Evergreen forests
Comments / notes : On hills above 750m on thickets, by fences, forest borders and in exposed places of deciduous forests and plains
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Raja K.Swamy & Rajasri Ray
Collection Date : 12/09/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-53
Collection Locality : Way to Amirdhi R.F., Vellore district (TN)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, China, Nepal, Myanmar, Indo-Malaysia, Australia, Burma
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Thunbergia fragrans var. fragrans. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.