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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Thunbergia laurifolia''
| name = Laurel clock vine
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| common_names = Laurel clock vine, Blue trumpet vine
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| growth_habit = vine
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| high = ?  <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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| wide =    <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| poisonous =    <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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| lifespan = perennial
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| exposure = ?  <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
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| water = ?  <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| features =    <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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| hardiness =    <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
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| bloom =    <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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| usda_zones = ?  <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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| sunset_zones =    <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Thunbergia laurifolia3.jpg
 
| image = Thunbergia laurifolia3.jpg
| image_width = 250px
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| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
 
| image_caption = Flowers of ''Thunbergia laurifolia''  
 
| image_caption = Flowers of ''Thunbergia laurifolia''  
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
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| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| divisio =   <!--- Phylum -->
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| classis =   <!--- Class -->
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
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| ordo =   <!--- Order -->
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
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| familia =   <!--- Family -->
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
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| genus = Thunbergia  
| genus = ''[[Thunbergia]]''
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| species = laurifolia
| species = '''''T. laurifolia'''''
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| subspecies =  
| binomial = ''Thunbergia laurifolia''
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| cultivar =  
| binomial_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
 
 
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Thunbergia laurifolia, Lindl. (T. Harrisii, Hook. T. grandiflora, Wall.). St. terete, smooth except the youngest, twining: lvs. long-petiolate, ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base, smooth, entire or slightly toothed: fls. 3 in. across, pale blue, white or yellow in the throat, borne in axillary whorls or in a raceme in which they are clustered or whorled; corolla with a wide, oblique trumpet-shaped tube and a large 5-lobed limb. India.— Perennial greenhouse climber, flowering profusely in winter.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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Prop. by cuttings{{SCH}}.
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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'''Laurel clock vine ''' or '''Blue trumpet vine''' is an [[invasive species]], which is used like an [[ornamental plant]]. This plant is found  in [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]].
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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==See also==
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==References==
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
*[http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/weeds/weeds-alert/t-laurifolia.html ''Thunbergia laurifolia'']
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=THLA6 ''Thunbergia laurifolia'']
 
*[http://www.weeds.crc.org.au/documents/wmg_laurel_clock.pdf ''Thunbergia laurifolia'']
 
  
[[Category:Acanthaceae]]
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{{stub}}
[[Category:Invasive plant species]]
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[[Category:Categorize]]
  
{{Acanthaceae-stub}}
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Latest revision as of 13:15, 22 August 2009


Flowers of Thunbergia laurifolia


Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names

Thunbergia >

laurifolia >



Read about Thunbergia laurifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Thunbergia laurifolia, Lindl. (T. Harrisii, Hook. T. grandiflora, Wall.). St. terete, smooth except the youngest, twining: lvs. long-petiolate, ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base, smooth, entire or slightly toothed: fls. 3 in. across, pale blue, white or yellow in the throat, borne in axillary whorls or in a raceme in which they are clustered or whorled; corolla with a wide, oblique trumpet-shaped tube and a large 5-lobed limb. India.— Perennial greenhouse climber, flowering profusely in winter. CH


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Propagation

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Species

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References

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