Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms |
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Class
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Dicotledons |
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Subclass |
Gamopetalae |
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Series |
Hypogynae |
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Order |
Lamiales |
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Family
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Acanthaceae |
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Genus
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Thunbergia |
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Species
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erecta |
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Etymology:
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In honour of Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), professor of botany at Uppsala, celebrated traveler and botanist. |
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Botanical name:
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Thunbergia erecta (Benth) Ander |
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Local/Trade Names: |
Kings Mantle. |
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Conservation status: |
Commonly cultivated in India. |
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Digonestic features: |
Flowers purple, yellow within. |
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Description: |
Shrub, ca 1.5 m high. Leaves 3.5-6 cm long, ovate or sub-rhomboid, entire or sinuate-lobed. Flowers solitary or in axillary peduncles, purple, yellow within, 3-5 cm long. |
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Phenology: |
Chiefly in cold season. |
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Distribution: |
Native of Tropical West Africa. |
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Where to see it: |
Medicinal Plant Garden. |
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Uses: |
As a garden plant. |
