- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Thunbergia coccinea Wall. ex D.Don
- Common name : Scarlet Clock Vine, Thunbergia
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : High elevations, Cultivated
- Comments / notes : Cultivated
- Key identification features : Moderate sized woody climbers; Leaves elliptic, acuminate toothed, palmately 3-5-nerved; Inflorescence pendent, elongate raceme; Flowers red; calyx purple; Capsules minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous.
- Flower, Fruit : November-April
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Dibang valley, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 258
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Thunbergia coccinea. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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