Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Acanthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A pubescent vine, usually not more than 1 m. long, trailing or climbing. Leaves ovate or triangular-ovate, 4-8 cm. long, remotely few-toothed or entire, acute at the apex, cordate or hastate at the base, the wing-margined petioles as long as the blades or shorter; peduncles slender, mostly longer than the petioles; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, pubescent, about 1.5 cm. long; calyx cleft to about the middle; corolla yellow or white, usually with a purple eye, 2.5-4 em. long; capsule depressed-globose, pubescent, 8-10 mm. in diameter, its stout beak about 1 cm. long.
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Distribution
Waste places near Nassau, New Providence : Cuba to Tortola and Trinidad ; Jamaica ; Mexico to continental tropical America. Naturalized from eastern Africa. Winged Thunbergia.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America| México Mexico North America|