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Whitelady

Thunbergia fragrans

Also called White thunbergia, Sweet clock-vine, White Lady, White Nightshade, Fragrant Clockvine, Fragrant Thunbergia, Sweet Clockvine

Whitelady
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Grows as
Climber, Perennial
Native range
Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China, Philippines
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

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

Where it grows

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.

Other Thunbergia plants

Blackeyed Susan vine · Thunbergia annua · Natal primrose · Blue Glory Vine · Thunbergia bicolor · Scarlet Clock Vine · Bush clockvine · Bengal trumpet · Golden Clockvine · Laurel clockvine · Thunbergia mildbraediana · Mysore Trumpetvine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thunbergia fragrans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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