Bush clock vine
துன்பேர்சியா எரிக்டாകൃഷ്ണനീലনীল ঘন্টা
Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T.Anderson
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.5 m
- wide
- 1.9 m
Acanthaceae
Also called Bush Thunbergia, King's-mantle, Bush Clockvine, Bush clockvine
Formerly Meyenia erecta, Thunbergia ikbaliana, Thunbergia mestdaghi
When it flowers
Flowers June to February in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. Trop. Africa to NW. TanzaniaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.4 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, magenta, purple, blueRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Australian Umbrella TreeFlowers March to May, when this does not
Banana passionfruitFlowers March to May, when this does not
Bengal clock vineFlowers March to May, when this does not
Bitter MelonFlowers March to May, when this does not
Bleeding heart vineFlowers March to May, when this does not
Blue Trumpet VineFlowers March to May, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 立鶴花, 硬枝老鴉嘴, 直立山牵牛
- Spanish
- Manto de rey, Francisco
- Chinese (China)
- 直立山牵牛
- Czech
- thunbergie vzpřímená
- Japanese
- キンギョボク, コダチヤハズカズラ
- Portuguese
- Manto-de-rei, Tumbérgia-arbustiva
- French
- Thunbergie érigée
- Thai
- ช้องนาง
- Russian
- Тунбергия прямостоячая
- Lithuanian
- Stačioji tunbergija
- Finnish
- pensassusanna
- Simplified Chinese
- 直立山牵牛, 硬枝老鸦嘴
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Thunbergia erecta (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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