Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims
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Authority
Leonard, Emery C. 1951. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, I. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 31: 1-117.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - A pubescent trailing or climbing vine usually about 1 meter long; leaves ovate to triangular-ovate, 4 to 8 cm. long, acute at apex, cordate or hastate at base, entire or remotely few-toothed, pubescent; petiole wing-margined, as long as the leaf blades or shorter; peduncles mostly longer than the petioles; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, pubescent, about 1.5 cm. long; corolla 2.5 to 4 cm. long, yellow or orange usually with a dark purple eye; capsule depressed-globose, pubescent, 8 to 10 mm. in diameter, its stout beak about 1 cm. long.