Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.

  • Authority

    Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.

  • Family

    Acanthaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.

  • Type

    TYPE: India, Madras, according to protologue, plants were encountered near Samulcotah. Specimens upon which illustration was based not found, illustration itself might be type of species.

  • Description

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    Description - Herbaceous, pubescent vine; leaves petiolate, the petioles naked, blades ovate to narrowly ovate-dentate, 2.7-11 x 0.9-6.6 cm, truncate to subcordate at base, pubescent, margin entire or remotely few-dentate toward base; inflorescence axillary, pedunculate, 1-2- flowered; peduncles 2-7 cliff long; bracteoles lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 11- 18 x 5.5-11 mm, green, pubescent; calyx reduced, 14-17 lobed, lobes subulate; corolla white, 25-50 mm long, limb subactinomorphic, lobes broadly elliptic, crenate, nearly as long as tube; anthers lacking basal appendages; capsule with depressed-globose base, tipped by a stout flattened subulate beak 10-15 mm long.