Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.

 
  • 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 laurifolia Lindl.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Infrequent
  • Key identification features : Climbers, woody, large; shoots 4-angled, hairy. Flowers blue, white with yellow throat in axillary whorls or in a raceme in which they are also clustered or whorled
  • Flower, Fruit : October-February
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Amravati district, Lonavala
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bhutan, Malaya, Myanmar, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.688. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Thunbergia laurifolia. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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