Thunbergia coccinea Wall.

 
  • 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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