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Thunbergia laurifolia

Purple Thunbergia

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Purple Thunbergia, Laural-leaved Thunbergia

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE India

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

KEY FEATURES: A woody, high-climbing vine with clusters of light blue flowers. LEAVES opposite, narrow-oval, toothless, 15cm, 3-nerved from base. FLOWERS 7 cm tube with white or pale yellow throat, flaring into 5 pale blue lobes; 7cmØ

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
P
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Northern Group: -
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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Scientific Taxonomy

Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.
SYNONYMS: Thunbergia harrisii

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Scrophulariales; ACANTHACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.175 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.1110 Hortus 3rd
p.40 Tropica
p.5/120 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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