Fwd: Thunbergia laevis

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Varun ji

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From: Varun Sharma <varuns...@rediffmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 at 12:36
Subject: Thunbergia laevis
To: <jmg...@gmail.com>

Dear Sir

Please find attached image for Thunbergia laevis Wall.  ex Nees


Kind regards, Varun

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J.M.Garg, 
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[J.M. Garg]

[J.M. Garg]

How is it different from T. fragrans?

[J.M. Garg]

Ok, Varun ji

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 at 12:45, Varun Sharma <varuns...@rediffmail.com> wrote:

Leaves in Thunbergia laevis : Single patent lobe at base, more lanceolate and elongate (two patent lobes, much cordate and broad).

Capsule: Puberulous (glabrous in T. fragrans).



Kind regards, Varun

From: jmg...@gmail.com
Sent: Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:40:19
To: Varun Sharma <varuns...@rediffmail.com>
Subject: Re: Thunbergia laevis

How is it different from T. fragrans?

On Wed, 1 Oct 2025 at 12:36, Varun Sharma <varuns...@rediffmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sir

Please find attached image for Thunbergia laevis Wall.  ex Nees


Kind regards, Varun

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With regards,
J.M.Garg, 
https://efloraofindia.com/

[J.M. Garg]

Ok, Varun ji

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From: Varun Sharma <varuns...@rediffmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 at 13:02
Subject: Re: Thunbergia laevis
To: <jmg...@gmail.com>

Dear Sir

Whatever posts under Thunbergia fragrans shared from wild (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Nepal), have to check again, leaves with single patent lobe at base and puberulous capsules (not glabrous) should be kept under T. laevis.



Kind regards, Varun

[J.M. Garg]

I think it will be really difficult to do so as we hardly see any capsule in so many posts. 

[Saroj Kasaju]

I guess so.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Varun ji,

May I request you to pl. go through the detailed discussions at 
Thunbergia laevis & Thunbergia fragrans and its varieties

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Varun ji

On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 at 15:25, Varun Sharma <varuns...@rediffmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sir

I prefer using POWO instead of COL because, when I inquired about their update frequency, the scientific team at Kew informed me that the POWO website is updated weekly, every Wednesday. In contrast, COL indicated that their updates occur every 30 to 90 days and primarily rely on data from World Plants and POWO for plant species information.

Since, Thunbergia laevis is a valid species and only found in India (or can say Indian Subcontinent), the T. laevis var. parviflora native to Sri Lanka is now an extinct variety and T. laevis var. vestita has distribution in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka only.

As per Flora of Maharashtra State Volume II (BSI), 2001; Flora of British India Volume 4, 1885; and Flowering Plants of India - An Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons - Volume II) 2020, I came to know that both species are distinct and have minor differences:
T. fragrans - Basal half of the leaf-blade, on each side, with two patent lobes; ovary and capsule glabrous (corolla fragrant - Flora of British India), pedicels 1 rarely 2 in each axil.
T. laevis - Basal half of the leaf-blade, on each side, with a single patent lobe; ovary and capsule puberulous (covered with very fine, short hairs). (corolla not fragrant - Flora of British India), pedicels often 2 in each axil.

Kind regards, Varun

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