Thunbergia mysorensis

Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 448 1867. (syn: Hexacentris mysorensis Wight; Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T. Anderson ex Bedd.);
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thun-BER-jee-uh — named after Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist … Dave’s Botanary • Wikipedia
my-sor-EN-sis — of or from Mysore, India … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: brick and butter vine, dolls shoes, Munzerabad creeper, Mysore clock vine • Bengali: বাসর লতা baasar lata • Kannada: ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaamanabillu balli • Malayalam: ശരറാന്തൽപ്പൂവ് shararaanthalpoovu • Marathi: वाघळी waghli • Tamil: பெண் காலணி மலர் கொடி pen kaalani malar koti • Tulu: ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳು kaamanabillu ballu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/thunbergia-mysorensis-wight-tanderson.html
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Acantheceae week: Thunbergia mysorensis – Mysore Clock Vine:
Acantheceae week: Thunbergia mysorensisMysore Clock Vine
Native Climber
03 Mar 2011
Bengaluru


Here’s my picture of Thunbergia mysorensis shot in New York Botanical Garden.



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Burst of Splendor – Thunbergia coccinea from Mudigere:

Thunbergia mysorensis, New name –Thunbergia coccinea.
Family: Acanthaceae
Mysore Clock Vine
Native climber
Mudigere, chikkamagalur, Western ghats
13 Dec 2011

I think Thunbergia coccinea and T. mysorensis are two different species. Please check these


This is Thunbergia mysorensis


Yes! Agree with …,
T. mysorensis and T. coccinea are different.
The later is very common in NE India. Will post the images soon.


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Thunbergia mysorensis_RKC03_15072012: No image can be seen now.
Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T. Anderson
Acanthaceae
Loc.: Da Lat, Vietnam
Date: July, 2012

The beautiful plant has been changed into much beautiful one through your lens….very nice indeed


Beautiful. Uncommonly seen planted as ornamental in India.



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Thunbergia mysorensis images:

Sharing the images of Thunbergia mysorensis from Nadugani, Nilgiris.
Date: Dec. 2010
Habitat: Wild
Habit: Climber

Ya yes sir, am also collected the Thunbergia mysorensis from Nadugani, Nilgiris. because my native is Nadugani.



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Agumbe :: Thunbergia mysorensis :: DVJAN63 : 4 posts by 3 authors. 4 images.
Agumbe Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka
Date: 26 DEC 2014 Altitude: about 700 m asl
Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T. Anderson … (family: Acanthaceae, Thunbergiaceae)

Thanks never seen it in nature
only in hot houses// arboretums in the west and in botanical gardens in the east…
this is a rare site for me
nice to see it in its home..


Agree with … Never thought this to be wild. Of course the name suggests so though.



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Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson
at nursery in Pune on January 5, 2013

at Agumbe on December 26, 2014



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Thunbergia mysorensis from Munnar.

 


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Acanthaceae Fortnight : Thunbergia mysorensis : Sri Lanka : 31MAR15 : AK-33 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Seen at a resort in Kandy.



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TSPNOV2015-66: Images of Thunbergia mysorensis (Acanthaceae) : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

It is my pleasure to share few images of Thunbergia mysorensis (Acanthaceae 

Habit: Woody climber 

Habitat: Cultivated 

Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1000 msl 

Date: 29-01-2015


very nice. grows in hot houses/glass houses in england and usa canada etc. no bees these, so i was happy to see your picture of the bee working hard to get he nectar.
So my question. i have never seen fruits  ever, even they flowered extensively thru out the growing season. have you seen them here with pollinator population? do you have pictures?

…, I have not seen the fruits yet. Will certainly share if I come across. By the way does it produce fruits at all…??? Not sure yet.



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Heliconia sp. ? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – around 800 kb each.
Kumily, Kerala (900m), january 2019.
It is Heliconia spacies ?

Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson


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Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd.: 5 very high res. images.

Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
Altitude: 60m.
Date: 03 April 2022
Habit : Cultivated

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527 ID wild climber:  26 high res. images.
Please ID wild climber,
Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 27JAN2024, 03.50pm
Habitat: wild moisture rocky streamside evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine
Plant habit: woody climber, branches, hard woody nodded cylindrical stem 03.5 inches base circumference, rough brownish ridged bark, perennial
Height: 15 meters
Leaves:
Flower: old stem axil pendulous spike inflorescence, size:05×1.6cm, yellow, non fragrant
Fruit: capsule cylindrical green smooth glossy glabrous size:05x01cm 
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x


Leaves can’t be identified because the host tree is overgrown and shady.
Date corrected to be 27JAN2024
Correction in plant habit: hard woody nodes cylindrical stem 03.5 inches base circumference.
Host tree: Hydnocarpus alpinus
Fruit base looks tri lobed
Sharing an image: fallen flower specimen collected, petals unfolded when flower slightly slurred.


Looks like Thunbergia mysorensis


Yes, it is Thunbergia mysorensis dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant


Yes, … it’s Thunbergia mysorensis.


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Thunbergia mysorensis in Kudremukh Karnataka region: 8 images.
Thunbergia mysorensis in forest around Kudremukh region, Karnatak.
Family: Acanthaceae


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Names of Plants in India :: Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd.:
Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd.

thun-BER-jee-uh — named after Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist … Dave’s Botanary • Wikipedia
my-sor-EN-sis — of or from Mysore, India … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: brick and butter vine, dolls shoes, Munzerabad creeper, Mysore clock vine • Bengali: বাসর লতা baasar lata • Kannada: ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaamanabillu balli • Malayalam: ശരറാന്തൽപ്പൂവ് shararaanthalpoovu • Marathi: वाघळी waghli • Tamil: பெண் காலணி மலர் கொடி pen kaalani malar koti • Tulu: ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳು kaamanabillu ballu

botanical namesThunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson ex Bedd. … homotypic synonymsHexacentris mysorensis Wight … and more at POWO, retrieved 09 October 2025

Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
brick and butter vine, dolls shoes, Mysore clock vine
Munzerabad creeper
  • Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 – 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
  • Dave’s Garden – one of the largest sites for gardeners in the world
  • Google’s AI Overview about this name’s etymology: A known location for the creeper: Since the plant is native to southern India, it is plausible that it was and is found growing near Manjarabad Fort or in the wider Manjarabad region.
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) … spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
বাসর লতা baasar lata
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳಿ kaamanabillu balli
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ശരറാന്തൽപ്പൂവ് shararaanthalpoovu
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
वाघळी waghli
  • name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பெண் காலணி மலர் கொடி pen kaalani malar koti
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) … spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು ಬಳ್ಳು kaamanabillu ballu
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic to south India, elsewhere globally cultivated as an ornamental
~~~~~ Created on: 11:24 09-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:23 09-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

both Malayalam and English names are correct,


 

 

 


 

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Updated on October 16, 2025

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