Thunbergia fragrans

• Botanical Name : Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.
• Synonyms : Thunbergia volubilis Pers., Roxburghia rostrata Russell ex Nees
• Common Name : Sweet Clock-Vine, White Lady
• Plant Family : Acanthaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 18

About Thunbergia fragrans Plant :

• Habit : A slender twiner.
• Leaves : Opposite, petioles not winged, shorter than blade, lanceolate or triangular-ovate, cordate or hastate, palmately 5-nerved.
• Inflorescence : Axillaryon long peduncles.
• Flowers :
  • Bracteate, bracts spathe-like, ovate, persistent.
  • Calyx cup-like with 15-teeth.
  • Corolla tube narrow, funnel-shaped, lobes 5, snow-white and without any fragrance.
  • Stamens 4, didynamous, anthers without spurs.
  • Ovary on a disk, style long, stigma 2-lipped.
• Fruit : Capsule with many seeds.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : September - November
• Significance : Commonly cultivated in the gardens and suitable for growing on a screen.