- Family : ACANTHACEAE
(Acanthus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Meyenia erecta Benth.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson
- Common name : Upright Thunbergia, Blue bell, King's mantle, Bush Clock Vine
- Habit : Shrub
- Comments / notes : Cultivated
- Key identification features : Flowers large, trumpet shaped, attractive and bluish to white, variable in colour.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Nos : CS 7936
- Collection Locality : Peermade, Kerala
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Thunbergia erecta. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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