Thunbergia laurifolia
Read about Thunbergia laurifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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. B.M. 4985: 4998. F.S. 12:1275. Gn. 12, D. 420; 30:292 and p. 293. R.H. 1860, p. 342. J.H. III. 28:345; 45:131. Gng. 3:295. G. 3:42, 43. G.W. 3, p. 45; 10, p. 180.— Perennial greenhouse climber, flowering profusely in winter. Prop. by cuttings.
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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.