Thunbergia laurifolia

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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. 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
Flowers of Thunbergia laurifolia
Flowers of Thunbergia laurifolia
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Sublass: Asteridae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Thunbergia
Species: T. laurifolia

Binomial name
Thunbergia laurifolia
Lindl.

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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