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Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
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"Maharashtra: Pune, Raigad Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts"
Chile Central
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Distribution: India, China, Indo-China, Burma; introduced and naturalized in shiny tropical countries of Africa and New World.
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A large woody climber or twiner with quadrangular, strigose twigs. Leaves with 2-5 (-6) cm long scabrous petiole; lamina ovate or lanceolate-ovate, (6-) 8-15 (-16) x (3-) 4-12 cm, hairy on both sides except the scabrous costa and veins, ± cordate at 3-5-costate base, margins entire or coarsely toothed in the lower half, apically acute to acuminate. Flowers blue or violet with yellow centre, 6-8 cm long, c. 6 cm across, pedicellate, usually in axillary or terminal drooping racemes; bracts free or ± connate, ovate-oblong, 3-3.5 cm x 1.5-2 cm, acute-acuminate. Calyx truncate, velvety-rimmed, purplish. Corolla glabrous, tube 3-4.5 cm long, abruptly contracted near the base, lobes ± equal, patent, 3-4 cm long, obtuse. Stamens inserted at the throat, filaments flattened, anthers oblong, bithecous, anterior anthem with a single spur, posterior ones with 2, sharply curved spurs. Ovary glabrous. Capsule globular, contracted into a stout, c. 2 cm long flat beak.
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Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb.
BASÓNIMO: Flemingia grandiflora Roxb. ex Rottler
Bejuco leñoso, voluble, de 10-15 m de largo. Tallos cilíndricos, hasta 2.5 cm de diámetro, estriados, puberulentos; corte transversal del tallo con la médula hueca y el tejido del xilema con anchos radios. Hojas opuestas; láminas 15-26 × 13-30 cm, ovadas o anchamente ovadas, cartáceas, el ápice agudo o acuminado, la base cordiforme o sub-cordiforme, los márgenes lobado-dentados, ciliados; haz verde obscuro, lustroso, puberulento, con la nervación poco prominente; envés verde claro, opaco, glabro o puberulento, con la nervación prominente; pecíolos 6-12 cm de largo, sulcados. Flores dispuestas en cimas axilares; pedicelos robustos, cilíndricos, 4-6 cm de largo; brácteas verde claro, membranáceas, ovadas, ca. 4 cm de largo, encubriendo el cáliz y el tubo de la corola. Cáliz verde, en forma de anillo, 4-5 mm de largo; corola lila o blanca, infundibuliforme, con 5 lóbulos, el tubo 6-7 cm de largo, amarillo claro en el interior, estrecho en la base, el limbo 6-7 cm de diámetro. Cápsula ca. 3 cm de largo, subglobosa en la base, la mitad superior en forma de pico, dehiscente en dos mitades.
Fenología: Florece todo el año y fructifica esporádicamente de mayo a julio.
Estatus: Exótica, muy agresiva, ampliamente cultivada y naturalizada en Puerto Rico.
Especimenes Estudiados: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 7049; 9350; 9418.
Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb., Hort. Geng. 45. 1814.
Basionym: Flemingia grandiflora Roxb. ex Rottler
Woody vine, twining, 10-15 m in length. Stems cylindrical, up to 2.5 cm in diameter, striate, puberulous; cross section of the stem with the pith hollow and the xylem tissue with wide rays. Leaves opposite; blades 15-26 × 13-30 cm, ovate or broadly ovate, chartaceous, the apex acute or acuminate, the base cordiform or subcordiform, the margins lobate-dentate, ciliate; upper surface dark green, shiny, puberulous, with slightly prominent venation; lower surface light green, ull, glabrous or puberulous, with prominent venation; petioles 6-12 cm long, sulcate. Flowers arranged in axillary cymes; pedicels robust, cylindrical, 4-6 cm long; bracts light green, membranaceous, ovate, ca. 4 cm long, covering the calyx and the corolla tube. Calyx green, in the form of a ring, 4-5 mm long; corolla lilac or white, infundibuliform, with 5 lobes, the tube 6-7 cm long, light yellow inside, narrow at the base, the limb 6-7 cm in diameter. Capsule ca. 3 cm long, subglobose at the base, the upper half in the form of a beak, dehiscent in two halves.
Phenology: Flowering throughout the year and fruiting sporadically from May to July.
Status: Exotic, very aggressive, widely cultivated and naturalized in Puerto Rico.
Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 7049; 9350; 9418.
Habit: Climber
Fl. Per.: June-August.
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United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable