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Thunbergia erecta
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 7:18.1864; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1008(708).1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 226. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 599. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 355. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 389. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 554. 2009.
Meyenia erecta Benth. in Hook. Niger. Fl. 476. 1846.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Upright Thunbergia, Blue bell, King's mantle, Bush Clock Vine
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Description:
Erect shrubs, to 1.5 m high; branches woody, glabrous; bark white. Leaves simple, opposite, 3.5 - 6.5 x 1.5-4 cm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, entire, glabrous, acuminate at apex, rounded or acuteat base; petioles 0.5-1 cm long. Flowers in axillary, few-flowered racemes; bracts foliaceous. Calyx teeth 5-9, linear. Corolla purple or white, tube to 3.5 cm long, lobes obovate, obtuse. Capsules 1.5-2 cm long, globose below, suddenly narrowed into a barren, sword-shaped beak.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown along the fence in the plains
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Distribution:
Western Tropical Africa, widely cultivated
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thuravoor
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