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Thunbergia alata

Botanic Family

Acanthaceae

Author

Bojer ex Sims

Cultivated

C, ornamental, grown as an annual in colder areas

Common Names

• Black-eyed Susan
• Yi ye shan qian niu (Pinyin)
• Ojo de Poeta (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• St Thomas Island
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Tanzania

Natural Habitats

• Wasteland

Flowering Times

• Summer Summer-Autumn

Fruiting Times

Evergreen herbaceous perennial or annual villous twiner. 45mm axillary solitary bright-orange yellow flowers with a black centre, other colours known with or without black eye, tube to 25mm long, inflorescence with pubescent bracteoles to 24mm long, hairy calyx teeth, corolla tube dark red in throat 32mm long with scattered hairs, yellow, orange, buff or white lobes 16mm long, throat occasionally same colout as lobes, . Seed capsule 20mm long with long beak, puberulous stems, pubescent leaves 60mm x 45mm

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• FOH
• RHS A-Z
• FOC
• net
• Mobot
• Bodkin
• Exotica
• JDH
• VOPR
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• Mendoza