Thunbergia alata Boj. ex Sims [Acanthaceae]

[Muthu Karthick]

Name:   Thunbergia alata Boj. ex Sims

Family:  Acanthaceae

Habit:    Climber

Common name: Black-eyed susan

Nativity: Tropical Africa

Picture taken on 01 May 2010 at Bhavanisagar Dam park.

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Muthu Karthick, N
Junior Research Fellow
Care Earth Trust
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[Pankaj Kumar]

I doubt about the species, but it is some Thunbergia.
Regards
Pankaj

[Selvalakshmi Selvaraj]

Dear Karthi ji,

 is it is a garden plant with honey in its calyx? Plz check with T. grandiflora

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Selvalakshmi S.
Doctoral Scholar,
Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

[L. Rasingam]

 Thunbergia laurifolia  or T. grandiflora,

Regards
L.Rasingam

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The Nilgiris.

[Gurcharan Singh]

In T. alata the petiole is winged and the flowers usually yellow with purple throat. This one should be T. laurifolia.

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Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[tanay bose]

This is Thunbergia laurifolia or the blue trumpet vine is a popular ornamental plant in tropical gardens.

Tanay

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[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

Thank you very much for the clarification in id. The posted plant is Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb.

[Gurcharan Singh]

This should help choosing between T. grandiflora and T. laurifolua

http://www.kartuz.com/p/69137/Thunbergia+laurifolia.html

http://www.eol.org/pages/481547

http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/05/5/5549.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lodQc_eFbgM/S1HY5Tt-pmI/AAAAAAAABus/9it0qEy6Ouw/s1600-h/Thunbergia+grandiflora+Curtis+2366.jpg

The two species were discussed in detail last year on this group.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.

Earlier relevant feedback:

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“Thank you very much for the clarification in id. The posted plant is Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb.”  from Muthu ji.

 

“This should help choosing between T. grandiflora and T. laurifolua

http://www.kartuz.com/p/69137/Thunbergia+laurifolia.html

http://www.eol.org/pages/481547

http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/05/5/5549.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lodQc_eFbgM/S1HY5Tt-pmI/AAAAAAAABus/9it0qEy6Ouw/s1600-h/Thunbergia+grandiflora+Curtis+2366.jpg

The two species were discussed in detail last year on this group.

--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh”

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Thunbergia laurifolia

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
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