Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson

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Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
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Thuribergla erecta T* Ande**s.
Sprawling shrub 1 tall; f Is. rich
blue with yellow throat. Dooryard
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Thunbergia erecta (Bentham) T. Anderson, Linn. Soc. Bot., Jour. 7:18,
1864.
Erect to somewhat sprawling, glabrous shrub, up to 2 m. tall, with spreading, square
branches. Leaves opposite, oval-ovate, up to about 3 cm. long. Flowers solitary, on pedicels
1-2 cm. long, subtended by two large bracts, corolla curved funnel-form, irregularly
5-lobed, 4 or more cm. long, rich blue with yellow throat.
Introduced ornamental cultivated about dwellings for the attractive
flowers (9958).
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