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Thunbergia grandiflora
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb., Bot. Cab. t. 324. 1819; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1008(708). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 226. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 351. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 601. 1990; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 389. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 555. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 635. 2009.
Flemingia grandiflora Roxb. ex Rottl., Nov. Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 4: 202. 1803.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bengal trumpet, Blue Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky vine, Large-flowered Thunbergia, Scrambling sky flower
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Description:
Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, to 10 x 7 cm, ovate, cordate, hastate or sagitate, acuminate apex, margin distantly dentate, glabrous or slightly puberulous; petiole to 2.2 cm. Flowers large in axillary racemes; bracts spathaceous, tomentose; bracteoles falcate. Calyx very small, to 2 mm long. Corolla blue or white, tube widened, lobes subequal spreading, 3.5 cm across. Stamens 4, attached at the throat of the tube; anthers oblong. Capsules globose, beaked; seeds 4, globose, retinacula absent.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-July
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar, China and Singapore
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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:
Kuthuparamba, Mayithara
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