{"id":1352731,"date":"2011-04-02T07:45:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T07:45:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T05:50:44","slug":"thunbergia-laurifolia","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/thunbergia-laurifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunbergia laurifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"sites-layout-name-one-column sites-layout-hbox\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-content-1\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"font-style: italic;\"><i>Thunbergia<\/i> <i>laurifolia<\/i> Lindl.\u00a0, <i>Gard. Chron. 1856: 260 260 1856<\/i>.\u00a0(Syn. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/tro-50109026\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Thunbergia<\/i> <i>grandiflora<\/i> var. <i>laurifolia<\/i> (Lindl.) Benoist<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse; height: 276px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"794\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 860px; height: 203px;\"><span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\">Images by <span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: xx-small;\">Bhagyashri Ranade\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Vedprakash Singh<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(Identified by <span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: xx-small;\">Bhagyashri Ranade, Balkar Singh &amp; Gurcharan Singh<\/span>) (Inserted by <span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: xx-small;\">Bhagyashri Ranade &amp; <\/span>J.M.Garg)<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\">\n<p><i><\/i><i><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000003.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000003.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000003.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000002.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000002.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6979-1.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6979-1.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000004.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000004.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><b>Laurel Clock Vine, laurel-leaved clockvine, Blue Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky vine, laurel-leaved thunbergia, purple allamanda;<\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Woody climber similar to <i>T. grandiflora<\/i> but with ovate-lanceolate leaves; flowers in racemes; pedicel about 2 cm.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1439099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439099\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1439099 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-1536x772.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-60x30.jpg 60w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1439099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/em>-right\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&amp; T. laurifolia-left<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1439100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439100\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1439100 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-2000x1027.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-1536x788.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-2048x1051.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-60x31.jpg 60w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-150x77.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1439100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Thunbergia grandflora<\/em>&#8211; top <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&amp; T. laurifolia- bottom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!searchin\/indiantreepix\/Purple$20Allamanda$20Pune\/indiantreepix\/aH50r8-YkA8\/H9pTeuNBpYoJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As per efi thread<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff;\"><u><b>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/b><\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <u><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/b><\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Leaves ovate, to 20 cm long, angular toothed<\/span>. \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Leaves ovate-lanceolate, to 12 cm long<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Leaf base cordate<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Leaf based narrowed<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #c7c7c7;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">pedicel 4-5 cm long<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pedicel 2 cm long<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-Mumbai-DSCN5210.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-Mumbai-DSCN5210.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-Mumbai-DSCN5210.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-JU-P1340180.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-JU-P1340180.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-JU-P1340180.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"141\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/ViTOwtgD5Ww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acanthaceae Fortnight : Thunbergia For ID : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 31MAR15 : AK-36<\/a> :<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">10 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)<br \/>\n<\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">?<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Kindly validate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icones_thunbergia.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icones_thunbergia.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icones_thunbergia.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attached here FI description and Icones plate relating to\u00a0<i>T. grandiflora<\/i>\u00a0Roxb. I think inflorescence of\u00a0<i>T. grandiflora<\/i>\u00a0Roxb. is not featured by long drooping elongated raceme like the\u00a0<i>T. laurifolia<\/i>\u00a0Lindl. But, my view is personal only, because following eflora does not support my view \u2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/keyserver.lucidcentral.org\/weeds\/data\/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01\/media\/Html\/Thunbergia_grandiflora.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucid Central 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/keyserver.lucidcentral.org\/weeds\/data\/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01\/media\/Html\/Thunbergia_laurifolia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucid Central<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Moreover, cultivated form may take any character deviated from the wild form.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Going by the above site, and also with old lit. I have found in the net there is no other way to visually differentiate the two species except for the leaf, petiole, flower size.<\/div>\n<div>Going by the leaf shape, texture (dull against shiny?) I would rather vote for\u00a0<i>T. laurifolia<\/i>\u00a0Lindl.<\/div>\n<div>I may be wrong suggesting the above.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Attachments\u00a0(2)<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thanks for your suggested id, links and additional information.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Let us wait for more comments.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Really appreciate the efforts taken by you.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>so did you read all those things that\u00a0\u2026 sent you?<br \/>\nwhat do you think your case is?<br \/>\nPLEASE LET ME\/\/US KNOW<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>ID is correct.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Please dont mark this as complete<br \/>\nits not complete\u00a0 as far as the differential diagnosis is concerned<br \/>\nthere are still a few lingering doubts based on the australian experience pages<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Well \u2026, from my part I am not opposing any suggested ID.<br \/>\nI gave my view because I thought leaves in Thunbergia-JU-P1010039.jpg is xerox copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/keyserver.lucidcentral.org\/weeds\/data\/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01\/media\/Images\/Thunbergia_laurifolia\/thunbergia%20laurifolia2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucid central image<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">of Laurel Clock Vine. \u2013 <\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/keyserver.lucidcentral.org\/weeds\/data\/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01\/media\/Html\/Thunbergia_laurifolia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucid Central html<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>this is not anybody\u2019s phd or even MS thesis<br \/>\nI have wasted enough time on this case<br \/>\nI am inclined to let it be\u2026 lets close it and mark it as complete if\u00a0\u2026 so desires\u2026<br \/>\nwhen I run into one of these I\u2019ll take my usual umteen pictures with rulers and then we will see\u2026<br \/>\nhopefully comparison of both species will be found soon\u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My opinion is\u00a0<em>Thunbergia lauriflolia<\/em>\u00a0!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1439099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439099\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1439099 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-1536x772.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-60x30.jpg 60w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grandiflora-right-T-laurifolia-left-18-10-DSC05977-a.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1439099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/em>-right\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&amp; T. laurifolia-left<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1439100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439100\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1439100 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-2000x1027.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-1536x788.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-2048x1051.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-60x31.jpg 60w, https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Thunbergia-grand-lauri-Delhi-150x77.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1439100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Thunbergia grandflora<\/em>&#8211; top <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&amp; T. laurifolia- bottom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes &#8230; you are right<\/p>\n<div>There has been lot of discussion whenever T. grandiflora or T. lauriflora was uploaded by any member. Here are the differences<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><u><b>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/b><\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<u><b>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/b><\/u><\/div>\n<div>1. Leaves ovate, to 20 cm long, angular toothed,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.\u00a0 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, to 12 cm long, much longer than broad<\/div>\n<div>almost as broad as long.<\/div>\n<div>2. Leaf base deeply cordate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. Leaf based narrowed or shallowly cordate<\/div>\n<div>3. Pedicel 4-5 cm long\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3. Pedicel 2 cm long<\/div>\n<div>Here are my two plants from Delhi<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 455px; height: 205px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-flower.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-flower.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-flower.jpg\" width=\"186\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-plant.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-plant.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-plant.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topicsearchin\/indiantreepix\/subject$3AThunbergia$20AND$20subject$3Alaurifolia$20AND$20subject$3Afrom$20AND$20subject$3ADelhi\/indiantreepix\/l2oZETPy9bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunbergia laurifolia from Delhi<\/a> : Attachments (2). 9 posts by 5 authors.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Uploading photographs of <\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">from Khalsa College, Delhi<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I think you have inadvertently mixed up the filenames &#8230; <i>T. laurifolia<\/i> and <i>T.grandiflora<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">No &#8230; They are properly uploaded. You please observe the photographs carefully and compare with Hawaii website links sent with the other mail<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8230; I confused myself !!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thanks for bringing up this discussion. According to the description on<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hear.org\/pier\/species\/thunbergia_laurifolia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">HEAR 1<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hear.org\/starr\/hiplants\/reports\/pdf\/thunbergia_laurifolia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">HEAR pdf<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nthe leaves of <i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> have margins almost entire or slightly toothed. The same can also be seen in pictures on<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hear.org\/starr\/plants\/images\/species\/?q=thunbergia+laurifolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.hear.org\/starr\/plants\/images\/species\/?q=thunbergia+laurifolia<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hear.org\/pier\/imagepages\/thumbnails\/thunbergia_laurifolia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">HEAR 2<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nIn your pictures, and also on those on FOI, the leaves are strongly lobed. Also, the base of the leaves of <i>T. laurlifolia<\/i> is supposed to be obtuse or slightly heart-shaped. The leaves in your pics and those on FOI have deeply heart-shaped bases.<br \/>\nHence I think all these are <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> only.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">I request you to kindly compare my plant with the herbarium specimen of your first link and Last photograph of your third link.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">I am uploading fresh photographs of distant shots of leaves of two species as uploaded by me as <i>T. grandiflora<\/i> and<i> T. laurifolia, <\/i>respectively, for comparison<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Id remaining undecided- <i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> or <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i>?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Those still having doubts about its identity are requested to view these links.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Lobed and slightly cordate leaves are a common feature of <i>T. laurifolia<\/i>:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.in\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/www.hear.org\/starr\/images\/full\/starr-031108-0129.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.hear.org\/starr\/plants\/images\/image\/%3Fq%3D031108-0129&amp;h=1632&amp;w=1224&amp;sz=1106&amp;tbnid=lTwZa-0uOrlawM:&amp;tbnh=150&amp;tbnw=113&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dthunbergia%2Blaurifolia&amp;hl=en&amp;usg=__BwlWlfmVtTOCTJP_0hWMUNnQ5Cs=&amp;ei=YYgHS8G6EJPm7AP_6_iJDw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=image_result&amp;resnum=2&amp;ct=image&amp;ved=0CAkQ9QEwAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.in\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/toptropicals.com\/pics\/garden\/m1\/Podarki6\/Thunbergia_laurifolia_variegata_4MKh.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/toptropicals.com\/catalog\/uid\/Thunbergia_laurifolia.htm&amp;h=480&amp;w=480&amp;sz=54&amp;tbnid=FjIZhfn6dgeBSM:&amp;tbnh=129&amp;tbnw=129&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dthunbergia%2Blaurifolia&amp;hl=en&amp;usg=__5EhOTvmwqDh7IS6ghCHMTzK2thQ=&amp;ei=YYgHS8G6EJPm7AP_6_iJDw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=image_result&amp;resnum=5&amp;ct=image&amp;ved=0CA8Q9QEwBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 646px; height: 175px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-Khalsa-Delhi-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-Khalsa-Delhi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-Khalsa-Delhi-1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"170\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-khalsa-Delhi-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-khalsa-Delhi-4.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-khalsa-Delhi-4.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"155\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-Khalsa-Delhi-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-Khalsa-Delhi-3.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-laurifolia-Khalsa-Delhi-3.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/4c7bcfc6acbdbaf1?hl=en#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acanthaceae Week: Thunbergia laurifolia from Delhi<\/a>:<br \/>\n<i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1856: 260 260 1856. syn: <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> var. <i>laurifolia<\/i> (Lindl.) Benoist<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Woody climber similar to T. grandiflora but with ovate-lanceolate leaves; flowers in racemes; pedicel about 2 cm.<br \/>\n<\/span> Photographed <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">from Khalsa College, Delhi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222px; height: 205px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1060260%20laurel%20Clock%20Vine%20Thunbergia%20laurifolia%20%20%20Acanthaceae%20Begur.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1060260%20laurel%20Clock%20Vine%20Thunbergia%20laurifolia%20%20%20Acanthaceae%20Begur.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1060260%20laurel%20Clock%20Vine%20Thunbergia%20laurifolia%20%20%20Acanthaceae%20Begur.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/1288e8f388b7794f?hl=en#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acanthaceae Week: Laurel Clock Vine &#8211; Thunbergia laurifolia<\/a>:<br \/>\n<i>Acanthaceae<\/i> Week <b>Laurel Clock Vine<\/b> <i>Thunbergia laurifolia<br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">19 Nov 2005<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Begur, Bengaluru<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 227px; height: 155px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000001.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000001.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/00000001.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!searchin\/indiantreepix\/Purple$20Allamanda$20Pune\/indiantreepix\/aH50r8-YkA8\/H9pTeuNBpYoJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efloraofindia:&#8221;22102011MR4\u2019\u2019 ? Purple Allamanda Pune:<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #444444;\">Request for validation ?Purple Allamanda<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Date\/Time-<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Oct 2011<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Pune<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Habitat-<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\"> Garden<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\/ Urban\/ Wild\/ Type- <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Private Garden<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Plant Habit-Tree\/ Shrub\/ Climber\/ Herb- <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Climber was along a fence of a garden<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Leaves Type\/ Shape\/ Size- green<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Flowers Size\/ Colour\/ Calyx\/ Bracts-<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">bluish purple flowers<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Fruits Type\/ Shape\/ Size Seeds-not seen<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;\"> of <\/span><i style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;\">Acanthaceae<\/i><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;\"> family<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is <i>thunbergia grandiflora<\/i>&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8230; look at the leaf very carefully and take en face photo of one complete leaf to show leaf margin and attachment to the stem.. for your own files and memory.. leaf shape is unique&#8230; even if flower color shows a great deal of variation over time and regions&#8230; the leaf almost stays the same&#8230;.<br \/>\nI have found these <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">in Miami, Fl, Key west, florida, california<\/span>&#8230; naturalized and in gardens and in snowy countryside in botanical gardens, in England at kew and of course all over India&#8230; in Bengal we get several colors&#8230; of course always in the blue- bluish white to bluishpurple (like yours) &#8230;.. develops seeds in Key west fl but not seen any seedpods on any of the hundred or so vines I keep an eye on off and on for three years in in several neighborhoods of Kolkata recently partly because local women do not leave mush after they pluck every darn flower for worship or just because&#8230; ( its a<br \/>\ndisease in India) &#8230; GOD never wanted soooo many flowers as to deplete the gene pool&#8230; ) &#8230; or we dont have appropriate<br \/>\npollinators&#8230; even if we had pollinators, they would not develop a habit of coming to that vine if they were not assured of some good appreciable amount of nectar from a large numbers of flowers&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p>I would rather go with <i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thank you &#8230; for identification. I have studied your previous posts on this matter and found this excellent explanation by you how to differentiate the two<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>In <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/35b1fb4b3c9d2d1e\/e01e957c3a0837ee?hl=en&amp;lnk=gst&amp;q=Thunbergia+laurifolia#e01e957c3a0837ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the thread<\/a> you wrote<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"background: white; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The leaves of <i>T. grandiflora<\/i> are<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background: white; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background: white; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">conspicuously cordate, nearly as broad as long, with longer corolla tube.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"background: white; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">T.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/i><span style=\"background: white; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i>laurifolia.<\/i> Note that leaves are much less wider as compared to length<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">and<\/span><\/span><span style=\"background: white; color: black;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"background: white; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">not cordate at base<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>In both species the flower varies from blue to white.<\/div>\n<div>In <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/976a191133f2f5b7\/69b9c15a44d02ac2?hl=en&amp;lnk=gst&amp;q=Thunbergia+laurifolia#69b9c15a44d02ac2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this thread<\/a> you wrote<\/div>\n<div>Uploading fresh photographs of distant shots of leaves of two species as uploaded by me as <i>T. grandiflora<\/i> and<i> T. laurifolia,<\/i> respectively, for comparison.<\/div>\n<div>Really beautiful pictures made it very easy to understand<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">When I studied this plant on the net before uploading I found info (I am sorry I do not have the link address) saying that these 2 are synonyms. but when you identified it as<\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> T laurifolia<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> I said no it means these 2 are different and studied your posts again<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">I think <i>T. laurifolia<\/i> is the accepted name for <i>T. grandiflora<\/i> var. <i>laurifolia <\/i>as per the plant list<i>.<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">FOI also says so @ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.in\/catalog\/slides\/Laurel%20Clock%20Vine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flowers of India<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\">But the 2011 revision of Flora of China says <i>Thunbergia grandiflora. <\/i><br \/>\nWhile searching for <i>T. grandiflora<\/i> I couldn&#8217;t see the species name as such in the plant list<\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">It was discussed earlier also on the group, but here it goes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff;\"><u><i><b>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/b><\/i><\/u>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <u><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><b>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/u><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Leaves ovate, to 20 cm long, angular toothed<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Leaves ovate-lanceolate, to 12 cm long<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Leaf base cordate<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Leaf based narrowed<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">pedicel 4-5 cm long<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pedicel 2 cm long<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Please refer to my earlier posts. <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> Roxb. is now correctly known as <i>T. alata<\/i> Bojer ex Sims according to the Plant List.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I got it and I somehow didn&#8217;t get that when I searched for the <i>T grandiflora<\/i>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Cant believe that <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> and <i>Thunbergia alata<\/i> are one and the same&#8230;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">where the literature says one from India and other from Africa with lots of distinct characters..<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">I am not getting convinced myself on <\/span><i style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">T. grandiflora<\/i><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> getting synonymised with <\/span><i style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">T. alata. <\/i><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Please find attached herewith the recent revision (2011) incorporated with eflora of China.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Please share if someone has any relevant information regarding the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thanks for Flora of China PDF. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Let us discuss our view points in academic manner and not get upset because some thing does not suite us. I had uploaded the plant as <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> only and appended this note:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb., Bot. Reg. 6: , pl. 495 1820. syn: <i>Flemingia grandiflora<\/i> Roxb. ex <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Rottl<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Woody climber with broadly ovate often deeply cordate leaves, angular-toothed, 3-5 nerved; flowers in drooping racemes, on up to 5 cm long pedicels, corolla blue, soewhat 2-lipped. Photographed from DU, Delhi<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Common names: <b>Blue trumpet vine, Bengal clock vine, sky vine<\/b><\/span><b>.<\/b> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: fixed-width,monospace;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">The plant though closely related to <i>T. laurifolia<\/i> is treated as synonym of T. alata in Kew Plant List and perhaps in Schonenberger, J. 1999. Floral structure, development and diversity in <i>Thunbergia<\/i> (<i>Acanthaceae<\/i>). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. &lt;<\/span><a style=\"color: #0000cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=D&amp;q=http:\/\/www.tropicos.org\/Publication\/1172&amp;usg=AFQjCNEqQ0oyzvyGu3iSnhyY5hv2Ez5cCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">http:\/\/www.tropicos.org\/Publication\/1172<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">&gt; 130: 1\u201336. Final comments can be made only after seeing this paper. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">I had requested members to find out about this publication and then only we will make final comments. No one perhaps been able to get it, but can&#8217;t ignore it if it has been adopted by the Plant List<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">But as pointed out by &#8230;, Flora of China publication is 2011 publication and we will follow it till any concrete results come<\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Let us not be found by fixed ideas that I know this plant for last so many years and know it is different. Who by the way is challenging Nerium indicum being merged back into N. oleander. If we are scientists, let us have open mind like scientists be guided by reason and evidence<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; color: #0000ff; font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Does we get <\/span><i style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Nerium<\/i><span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> in the Wild form??? from where, which state?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">Jammu, Udhampur, Punjab, Nepal, Pakistan<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ars-grin.gov\/cgi-bin\/npgs\/html\/taxon.pl?25229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">http:\/\/www.ars-grin.gov\/cgi-bin\/npgs\/html\/taxon.pl?25229<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 644px; height: 310px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-1-3-8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-1-3-8.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-1-3-8.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-0-5-0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-0-5-0.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-0-5-0.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2_1.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2_1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-4-8-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-4-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-4-8-2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-9-7-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-9-7-6.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-9-7-6.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!searchin\/indiantreepix\/Thunbergia$20laurifolia$20\/indiantreepix\/hu31C4-YDGc\/5IFWyhZClREJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efloraofindia:&#8221;For Id 29102011MR1\u2019\u2019 climber with blue flowers Pune:<\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Request for identification<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Can it be <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i><\/span>?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Date\/Time-<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Oct 2011<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Pune<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Habitat-<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\"> Garden<\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\/ Urban\/ Wild\/ Type-<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Garden<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Plant Habit-Tree\/ Shrub\/ Climber\/ Herb- <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Climber<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Leaves Type\/ Shape\/ Size- <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">green some are almost straight at base, some round some have acute angle at base<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Flowers Size\/ Colour\/ Calyx\/ Bracts- <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">blue flowers with green buds<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: inherit;\">Fruits Type\/ Shape\/ Size Seeds- not seen<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> had forgotten to type the dimensions of the leaves and the Pedicel<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Leaves 8-9 cms long and 3 to 3.5 cms wide<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Pedicel 2.5 cms<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Arial;\"><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> please<\/span><\/p>\n<div>Please look at the leaves.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!searchin\/indiantreepix\/Acanthaceae$20Week:$20Thunbergia$20grandiflora$20from$20Delhi\/indiantreepix\/EzseeCmIDok\/1Sp_JHeotmwJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efi thread 1<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!searchin\/indiantreepix\/Acanthaceae$20Week:$20Thunbergia$20laurifolia$20from$20Delhi\/indiantreepix\/THvPxqy9uvE\/_KMDBOYisTAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efi thread 2<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 647px; height: 155px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6981-2.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6981-2.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6981-2.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6974.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6974.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6974.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6978-6.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6978-6.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCN6978-6.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?fromgroups#!searchin\/indiantreepix\/Thunbergia$20laurifolia$20%7Csort:date\/indiantreepix\/uJs0OYcyl4s\/8FNnFobRNwQJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1st ID REQUEST-( Wardha, Nagpur ) -171111VS:<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Date\/Time- <u>11:30 Noon<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Gram Vigyan Vidyalaya, Wardha, 20* 44&#8242; 39.15&#8243; N &#8211; 78* 36&#8242; 09.58&#8243;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\">Habitat-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"> Garden<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\">\/ Urban\/ Wild\/ Type- <u><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Garden<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Plant Habit- Tree\/ Shrub\/ Climber\/ Herb- <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><u>Climber<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Height\/Length- <u><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Wall of 7&#8242; height supporting the Climber<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Leaves Type\/ Shape\/ Size- <u>Photo attached<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Inflorescence Type\/ Size-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Flowers Size\/ Colour\/ Calyx\/ Bracts- <u><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">1.5&#8243; ~ 2.5&#8243;\/ Light Blue<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Fruits Type\/ Shape\/ Size Seeds-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; text-align: left; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- <u>No Fragrance<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">I think its <\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>On second thought I am now confused&#8230; looked at the leaves again<br \/>\nleaves in pic 1 and two have somewhat different shapes&#8230;<br \/>\ncant rule out\u00a0Thunbergia laurifolia&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: fixed-width,monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">I<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">think <i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> as <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: fixed-width,monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">the<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">leaves are <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: fixed-width,monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">slightly toothed. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: fixed-width,monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Also, the base of the leaves is<\/span> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: fixed-width,monospace; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">slightly heart-shaped<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">or <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: fixed-width,monospace; background-color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">obtuse<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: fixed-width,monospace; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Agree with<i> Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Three features differentiate the species, lanceolate leaves usually less than 12 cm long and pedicel 2cm long in<i> T. laurifolia<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/span> Here are typical plants<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/raksaherbs.com\/product\/Thunbergia-Laurifolia-capsule\/Thunbergia-Laurifolia-capsule-P0120.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raksaherbs<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookislands.bishopmuseum.org\/showImage.asp?file=MM\/MX1-4\/4P300_Thun-laur_RR_GM_MX.jpg&amp;title=Thunbergia+laurifolia++%28Purple+Thunbergia%29&amp;height=400&amp;width=600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cookislands<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Leaves ovate-cordate, up to 20 cm long, pedicel 4-5 cm long in <i>T. grandiflora<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!searchin\/indiantreepix\/Acanthaceae$20Week:$20Thunbergia$20grandiflora$20from$20Delhi\/indiantreepix\/EzseeCmIDok\/1Sp_JHeotmwJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efi thread<\/a><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>The first photograph (leaves) and second (pedicels) suggest <i>T. laurifolia<\/i> clearly, other photographs create some doubt.<br \/>\nI some how have the feeling that most photographs on the net, including above one may not be a hybrids betwen the two species, as is also true for <i>Campsis grandiflora<\/i> and<i> C. radicans<\/i>, where these hybrids are placed with either species in most databases, including our FOI.<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also in typical specimens of <i>T. laurifolia<\/i>, the leaves are almost unlobed, rounded at base, and 3-nerved from base.<\/span> They are deeply cordate, somwhat lobed or toothed along margin and 3-5 nerved from base.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Thunbergia<\/i> flowers are sooo appealing that they crop up everywhere&#8230; Kolkata has many all in diverse areas&#8230; now I &#8221;ll look at them more critically and photograph the leaves and pedicels with a ruler handy&#8230;<br \/>\nAfter my exam in dec I&#8217;ll dig out my pics and post them esp so you can verify or put me straight&#8230; ha ha\u2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 223px; height: 155px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-Sri%20Lanka-P1110395.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-Sri%20Lanka-P1110395.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia-Sri%20Lanka-P1110395.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/w_ek-A1s0xo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acanthaceae Fortnight : Thunbergia grandiflora var. laurifolia : Sri Lanka : 31MAR15 : AK-35<\/a>\u00a0: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(1)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Posted earlier, identified by &#8230; Seen<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"> in Colombo.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/XdaMa7A5-_Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Thunbergia For ID : Sri Lanka : 170813 : AK-3<\/span><\/a> : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Picture taken <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">on 19\/11\/2010 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Is this <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> or <i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i>?<\/div>\n<div>I get confused between the two.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Kindly validate.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> var. <i>laurifolia<\/i>,<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Thanks for the id<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 407px; height: 205px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20laurifolia_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20laurifolia_1.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20laurifolia_1.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20laurifolia_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20laurifolia_2.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20laurifolia_2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/0KGfkFk2Ohw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Thunbergia laurifolia :: Mumbai :: ARKMAR-58\/70<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(2)<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Attached are pictures of <i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> captured <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">at Mumbai in January 2013.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Please validate, though the pics may not sufficient&#8230;.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Based on <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/ySSiKu5l3C8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Gurcharan ji&#8217;s upload of T. grandiflora<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/aH50r8-YkA8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">key provided<\/span><\/a>, this should be <i>T. laurifolia<\/i> due to the shape of the leaf base&#8230; Kindly validate<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 431px; height: 155px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora_2.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora_2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora_1.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora_1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/qetorUEslmU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Thunbergia grandiflora :: Mumbai :: ARKMAR-59\/71<\/a> : 10 posts by 5 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(2)<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Attached are pictures of <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> captured <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">at Mumbai in October 2012.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Please validate.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #262626; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">efi page on <\/span><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"\/species\/a---l\/a\/acanthaceae\/thunbergia\/thunbergia-grandiflora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">How do you differentiate it with <a href=\"http:\/\/keyserver.lucidcentral.org\/weeds\/data\/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01\/media\/Html\/Thunbergia_laurifolia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucid Centra html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I would also like to know how <i>T. laurifolia<\/i> and<i> T. grandiflora<\/i> are different, &#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Presently I do not know &#8230; I have earlier thread where I placed mine under <i>T. g.<\/i>, but I need to have a relook. However, one points favour mine &#8211; broad leaf as have been noted in <a href=\"http:\/\/keyserver.lucidcentral.org\/weeds\/data\/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01\/media\/Html\/Thunbergia_laurifolia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucid Centra html<\/a>. But that is not enough surely.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">I too have been under the same impression sir. The bigger leaved one being<\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> T. grandiflora<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">. I may have also imagined a different shade to the flower as and when I came upon one but I think I would really like to know the true botanical differences! I will look too.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/msg\/indiantreepix\/ZLUwwdTuj1U\/kMCFDuWjnQoJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my thread<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Such cases are the reason I have been repeatedly asking people to\u00a0 get the front and side views of flowers<br \/>\nfront and backs of leaves<br \/>\nnodes<br \/>\nany special feature of the lead pedicle and of petole<br \/>\nand AND AT LEAST PUT FINGER IN THE PICTURE AT LEAST IN ONE OF THE SRIES OF THAT PARTICULAR PLANT<br \/>\na ruler is the best, but in itsabscence a pen a pin even the camera lens cap with its name written .. so in case one need it one can measure the font and surmise<br \/>\nbut alas&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Yes Didi, only face of flowers is often not enough to decide the species.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Pl. see the differences: <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!searchin\/indiantreepix\/Purple$20Allamanda$20Pune\/indiantreepix\/aH50r8-YkA8\/H9pTeuNBpYoJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">In efi thread<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thanks &#8230;, what a discussion in that thread!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Based on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/ySSiKu5l3C8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">Gurcharan ji&#8217;s upload of T. grandiflora<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/aH50r8-YkA8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\">key provided<\/span><\/a>, this should be <i>T. laurifolia<\/i> and not <i>T. grandiflora<\/i> as I had first imagined due to the shape of the leaf base..<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Kindly validate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 426px; height: 160px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1360478.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1360478.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1360478.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1360477.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1360477.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1360477.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/f32asIjRUpA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunbergia For ID : Mumbai : 18AUG15 : AK-33 : 33\/33<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666;\">2<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666;\">)<br \/>\n<\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia<\/i> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">climber seen in a cultivated garden<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">in Mumbai.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Is it <i>T.laurifolia<\/i> or<i> T.\u00a0grandiflora<\/i>?<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">How to distinguish the two?<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #262626; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">efi pages on <\/span><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"\/species\/a---l\/a\/acanthaceae\/thunbergia\/thunbergia-laurifolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0&amp; <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"\/species\/a---l\/a\/acanthaceae\/thunbergia\/thunbergia-grandiflora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">In my view \u00a0yours is <\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia laurifolia. Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> is similar to <\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/toptropicals.com\/catalog\/uid\/thunbergia_grandiflora.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> except that leaves are elliptical. <\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> is similar to <\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftoptropicals.com%2Fcatalog%2Fuid%2Fthunbergia_laurifolia.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0L8GY9DgpW6QaFRs9wb8aZHoKIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0But leaves are heart-shaped.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thanks for the id and making me aware of the differences between the two Species.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 438px; height: 137px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0328-1-6.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0328-1-6.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0328-1-6.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0327-1.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0327-1.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0327-1.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/cK2AyZ-Iq6w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.<\/a> :5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(2<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666;\">)<\/span> &#8211; 2 mb each.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,dejavu sans,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: #fafcfe;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Location: Kulalumpur,\u00a0Malyasia<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #fafcfe;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Date: 1 March 2015<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #fafcfe;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Altitude: 66 m.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: verdana,dejavu sans,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: #fafcfe;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; font-family: arial,sans-serif;\">Habit : Cultivated<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>ok<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<div><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora.JPG\" width=\"182\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-1-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-1-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-1-.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20I%20IMG_1973.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20I%20IMG_1973.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20I%20IMG_1973.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"181\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20I2%20IMG_1973.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20I2%20IMG_1973.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20I2%20IMG_1973.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"170\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20flowers2.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20flowers2.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"169\" border=\"0\" \/><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20with%20buds.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20with%20buds.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20with%20buds.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"169\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-2-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-2-.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20leaves.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20leaves.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-3-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-3-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-3-.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora-%20climber.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora-%20climber.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora-%20climber.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"147\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata-2.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata-2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-4-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-4-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-4-.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20Im%20IMG_1974.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20Im%20IMG_1974.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Podranea%20species%20Im%20IMG_1974.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"144\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-6-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-6-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-6-.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-5-.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-5-.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20alata%20-5-.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"width: 87pt;\" width=\"116\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 5pt;\" width=\"7\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 46pt;\" width=\"62\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 95pt;\" width=\"127\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 70pt;\" width=\"93\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 34.8pt;\">\n<td style=\"border: windowtext; width: 415px; height: 65px; background-color: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Mumbai- 2\/10\/09;\u00a0 at Mayem Lake in Goa- on 27\/9\/09; Khalsa College, Delhi- Sept&#8217;09?; 29\/12\/2009, 10.23 am- Goa; <span style=\"color: #444444;\">01 May 2010 <\/span>at Bhavanisagar Dam park;<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: blue; width: 121px; height: 65px; background-color: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: blue; width: 131px; height: 65px; background-color: transparent;\" align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 130px; height: 65px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 139px; height: 65px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.co.in\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/d7850eb1af0efd3e\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Thunbergia alata Boj. ex Sims [Acanthaceae] &#8211; efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.co.in\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/fbba07ded61eb042\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">ID 4310 2 &#8211; efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/35b1fb4b3c9d2d1e\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Thunbergia grandiflora &#8211; indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.co.in\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/7161c12e00feaee2\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Podranea species? &#8211; indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 230px; height: 175px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left; display: block;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/G5Y5DOR2lCpFNNxwEeY2t-dPrFrSefoaN_p7DffKrKdsbYmAfstWEy3PACnpPuKvdibWSPTCpMQuS1cenz9lkpah8XairZFBOt7l72Pbk38-w5000-h5000.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/G5Y5DOR2lCpFNNxwEeY2t-dPrFrSefoaN_p7DffKrKdsbYmAfstWEy3PACnpPuKvdibWSPTCpMQuS1cenz9lkpah8XairZFBOt7l72Pbk38-w5000-h5000.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/G5Y5DOR2lCpFNNxwEeY2t-dPrFrSefoaN_p7DffKrKdsbYmAfstWEy3PACnpPuKvdibWSPTCpMQuS1cenz9lkpah8XairZFBOt7l72Pbk38-w5000-h5000.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en#!topic\/indiantreepix\/kJLgpJ-46EI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Thunbergia grandiflora :: Thane &amp; Mumbai :: DVMAR113\/124<\/span><\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors.<\/div>\n<div><i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">in gardens of<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Thane &amp; Mumbai<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>1st image\u00a0should be <span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"\/species\/a---l\/a\/acanthaceae\/thunbergia\/thunbergia-laurifolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> Lindl.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span> as per images and keys herein. <span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: small;\">Leaves are not clear in the 2nd.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 873px; height: 315px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-4-.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-4-.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-4-.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-5-.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-5-.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-5-.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-7-.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-7-.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-7-.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-6-.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-6-.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-6-.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-3-.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-3-.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-3-.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-2-.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-2-.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-2-.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-1-.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-1-.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora%20-1-.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en#!topic\/indiantreepix\/k2CDFnZu7Xg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">ACANTHACEAE FORTNIGHT:: Thunbersgia grandiflora from Panipat\/Patiala:: NS MARCH 43\/43<\/span><\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(7)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">This grand <\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u00a0was recorded <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">from a garden<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">in Panipat <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">and Botanical garden of Punjabi University,<\/span> Patiala..<br \/>\n<\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Thunbergia grandifolia<\/i><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">.. please let me know if there are any id issues<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>nice<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It should be <span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"\/species\/a---l\/a\/acanthaceae\/thunbergia\/thunbergia-laurifolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> Lindl.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span> as per images and keys herein.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 242px; height: 136px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/flwr6_kol_dec78.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/flwr6_kol_dec78.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/flwr6_kol_dec78.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"131\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.co.in\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/47c54390d4dd19fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Flower for ID please &#8211; indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(mixed thread): 1 image.<\/div>\n<div>This flower was photographed near Kolkata in December 1978. Can anyone help with the ID?<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>&#8230; <i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> commonly known as Bengal clock vine.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>It should be <span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"\/species\/a---l\/a\/acanthaceae\/thunbergia\/thunbergia-laurifolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> Lindl.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span> as per images and keys herein.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: #888888; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 641.16px; height: 372.16px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora1.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/%3B-domain%3Dgoogle.com%3B-expires%3DSat--23-Mar-2019-12-16-34-GMT.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/%3B-domain%3Dgoogle.com%3B-expires%3DSat--23-Mar-2019-12-16-34-GMT.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/%3B-domain%3Dgoogle.com%3B-expires%3DSat--23-Mar-2019-12-16-34-GMT.jpg\" width=\"149\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora2.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora2.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora5.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora5.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora4.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora4.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; float: left; display: inline;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora6.jpg\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Thunbergia%20grandiflora6.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/indiantreepix\/browse_thread\/thread\/97254dd811ef4047?hl=en#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Thunbergia grandiflora from Nouni Uni Solan<\/span><\/a>:<br \/>\n<i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i> <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">from YPS University of Horticulture and Forestry<\/span> Nouni Solan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It should be <span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"\/species\/a---l\/a\/acanthaceae\/thunbergia\/thunbergia-laurifolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i> Lindl.<\/span><\/u><\/a><\/span> as per images and keys herein.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020676-1.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020676-1.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020676-1.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020692-1.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020692-1.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020692-1.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"168\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020690-1.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020690-1.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020690-1.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"168\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020689-1.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020689-1.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1020689-1.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"146\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/UC4LIMJWCRE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Thunbergia grandiflora ?<\/span><\/a> : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments <span style=\"color: #666666;\">(4)- around 700 kb each.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Hassan, 1000m, Karnataka, january 2019.<\/span><br \/>\nIt seems<i> T.grandiflora<\/i>. Perhaps cultivar.<br \/>\nCan you confirm ?<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>Thank you. Relatively close of <i>T.grandiflora<\/i>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1010039.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1010039.JPG\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1010039.JPG\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en#!topic\/indiantreepix\/4t_qwkTvMZM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunbergia Species For ID : Jijamata Udyan,Mumbai : 020714 : AK-2<\/a> :\u00a0\u00a08 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1).<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Picture taken\u00a0on 18\/4\/14.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Is this\u00a0<i>Thunbergia laurifolia<\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0<i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i>?<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">I seem to be getting confused between the two.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i>\u00a0to me<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My earlier post could also be\u00a0<i>T.\u00a0laurifolia<\/i>?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Keys available at\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/species\/a---l\/a\/acanthaceae\/thunbergia\/thunbergia-grandiflora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i>Thunbergia grandiflora<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Isn\u2019t it the same pic as in the 2nd pic in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/msg\/indiantreepix\/ViTOwtgD5Ww\/USnudUSslVgJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efi thread<\/a>\u00a0which one was identified and validated as\u00a0<i>T. grandiflora<\/i>\u00a0by \u2026?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>Thanks for pointing out.<\/div>\n<div>The id has been confirmed as T. laurifolia by \u2026 a few days ago.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">\u2026, kindly validate this post.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If I do not make mistake \u2026, \u2026 confirmed another thread \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/msg\/indiantreepix\/f32asIjRUpA\/CFp6wXm5EAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efi thread<\/a>, not the one we are discussing \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/d\/msg\/indiantreepix\/ViTOwtgD5Ww\/byy8BqnFAe0J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">efi thread<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Thunbergia laurifloia<\/em>\u00a0to me.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/indiantreepix\/c\/b7splX3GT8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I&#8217;d request for Thunbergia sp.<\/a>: 3 high res. images,<br \/>\nkindly assist in the identification of a large flowered <em>Thunbergia<\/em> sp<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"> from Kalimpong, West Bengal.<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Elevation- 1130m<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Habit- Climber angiosperm.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Date- 9\/07\/22.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Spotted growing among bamboos near a stream.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Kindly check the attached photographs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>Thunbergia<\/i>\u00a0<i>grandiflora<\/i>\u00a0Roxb.!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I think\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/04\/02\/thunbergia-laurifolia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/04\/02\/thunbergia-laurifolia\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1658475400673000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0nkaDtzxM-DqxUP38SZhQx\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thunbergia laurifolia<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>as per images and details herein and as per differences given between these two species.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/indiantreepix\/c\/VOkYFTngYH0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.<\/a>: 5 very high res. images.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Location:\u00a0Bangalore, India\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Altitude: 900m.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Date: 08 August 2022<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Habit :\u00a0Cultivated<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Yes &#8230; Common here.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>References:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; vertical-align: top;\"><span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/tro-102966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Plant List<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ars-grin.gov\/cgi-bin\/npgs\/html\/taxon.pl?36609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GRIN<\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kew.org\/plants-fungi\/Thunbergia-laurifolia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kew<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.net\/catalog\/slides\/Laurel%20Clock%20Vine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/indiabiodiversity.org\/species\/show\/231388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thunbergia_laurifolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #404040; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hear.org\/starr\/plants\/images\/species\/?q=thunbergia+laurifolia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hear<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hear.org\/pier\/species\/thunbergia_laurifolia.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">Thunbergia laurifolia (PIER species info)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/toptropicals.com\/catalog\/uid\/Thunbergia_laurifolia.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Top tropicals<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thunbergia laurifolia Lindl.\u00a0, Gard. Chron. 1856: 260 260 1856.\u00a0(Syn. Thunbergia grandiflora var. laurifolia (Lindl.) Benoist); . Images by Bhagyashri Ranade\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Vedprakash Singh\u00a0(Identified by Bhagyashri Ranade, Balkar Singh &amp; Gurcharan Singh) (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade &amp; J.M.Garg) . Laurel Clock Vine, laurel-leaved clockvine, Blue Trumpet Vine, Blue Sky vine, laurel-leaved thunbergia, purple&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4910],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1352731","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-thunbergia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1352731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1352731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1352731"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1352731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}