Thunbergia oblongifolia
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Vumba rd near Westaway
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lower northwestern slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lower northwestern slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lower northwestern slopes Mt Gorongosa.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bill Clarke
South of Middle Dam, Val D'Or
Photo: Bill Clarke
South of Middle Dam, Val D'Or
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| Synonyms: |
Thunbergia lancifolia sensu Mapaura & Timberlake non T. Anderson |
| Common names: | Early blue thunbergia (English) |
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| Description: |
Perennial herb with stems to 70 cm, arising from a woody rootstock. Leaves: lamina 3-11 cm, lanceolate to elliptic or obovate. Flowers solitary; pedicels glabrous to pubescent; bracteoles glabrous to puberulous with non-glandular hairs. Calyx 1-3 mm long; lobes broadly triangular. Corolla limb blue to dark blue or mauve, rarely white; lower part of tube white to pale yellow. Capsule with beak 2 cm long. Seeds with lateral wing. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | oblongifolia: with oblong leaves |
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| Flowering time: | Aug - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Burundi, DRC, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 15. as Thunbergia lancifolia Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 43. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 130, plate 171 Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Page 44. |
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