Thunbergia grandiflora
Bengal Clock Vine, Bengal Trumpet, Blue Sky Vine, Blue Trumpet Vine, Clockvine, Bengal Trumpet Vine, Blue Skyflower, Blue Thunbergia, Skyflower, Skyvine, Heavenly Blue, Giant Thunbergia, Green Trumpet Vine, Large Flowered Thunbergia, Bengal Clockvine
Other regional names: Blue Trumpetvine
- Blue Trumpetvine
Also known as: Flemingia grandiflora Roxb. ex Rottler +14 more
- Flemingia grandiflora Roxb. ex Rottler
- Flemingia racemosa Wall.
- Pleuremidis grandiflora (Roxb.) Raf.
- Thunbergia adenophora W.W.Sm.
- Thunbergia chinensis Merr.
- Thunbergia clarkei T.Yamaz.
- Thunbergia grandiflora f. alba Leonard
- Thunbergia grandiflora f. citrina Leonard
- Thunbergia grandiflora var. axillaris C.B.Clarke
- Thunbergia grandiflora var. cordiflora Benoist
- Thunbergia grandiflora var. racemosa Nees
- Thunbergia lacei Gamble
- Thunbergia malvifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Thunbergia talbotiae S.Moore
- Thunbergia talbotii S.Moore
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Acanthaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a liana.
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Thunbergia grandiflora (commonly known as Bengal clock vine or Bengal trumpet) is a climbing plant within the Acanthaceae family. It originates in Temperate Asia and Tropical Asia. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Climber / Vine
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Ascension, Belize, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, The, Guatemala, Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Madeira, Marianas, Mauritius, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.