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Species of flowering plant

Thunbergia fragrans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Thunbergia
Species: T. fragrans
Binomial name
Thunbergia fragrans
Roxb.
Synonyms
List
  • Meyenia longiflora Benth. ex Hohen.
  • Thunbergia bodinieri H.LÊv.
  • Thunbergia cordata Colla
  • Thunbergia hainanensis C.Y.Wu & H.S.Lo
  • Thunbergia java Hoffmanns.
  • Thunbergia linearifolia Bremek.
  • Thunbergia loheri Bremek.
  • Thunbergia longiflora F.Muell.
  • Thunbergia mindanaensis Bremek.
  • Thunbergia roxburghia Nees
  • Thunbergia scandens Pers. ex Nees
  • Thunbergia subsagittata Blanco
  • Thunbergia volubilis Pers.
  • Roxburghia rostrata Russell ex Nees
Thunbergia fragrans
Specimen in jharkhand, India

Thunbergia fragrans, the whitelady is a perennial climbing twiner in the family Acanthaceae, native to South and Southeast Asia and China.

Distribution

It is native to South and Southeast Asia and China. The species is also widely introduced in other tropical and subtropical areas including Florida Hawaii, Australia, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Caribbean and Indian Ocean islands, southern Africa and Central America. In many places it is considered as an invasive species.

Usage

In Indian Siddha medicine, the species is known as indrapushapa and a paste made out of tender twigs of the is used to combat fever and sometimes applied on cuts and wounds. The leaves are used as a poultice in skin diseases, their juice can also be applied on the head to cure headaches.

References

  1. ^ "Thunbergia fragrans". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Thunbergia fragrans". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. "Thunbergia fragrans - White Lady, Whitelady, White Thunbergia, Sweet Clock-vine, White Clock-vine - Hawaiian Plants and Tropical Flowers". 29 April 2010.
  4. "www.somemagneticislandplants.com.au".
  5. "Thunbergia fragrans Roxb., 1796". Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel.
  6. "Thunbergia fragrans". www.saintlucianplants.com.
  7. "IDAO - Species Search". idao.cirad.fr.
  8. "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org.
  9. Quattrocchi, Umberto (3 May 2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press. ISBN 9781420080445.
Taxon identifiers
Thunbergia fragrans


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