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Thunbergia natalensis

Thunbergia natalensis
Common names: dwarf thunbergia, Natal blue thunbergia, Natal blue-bell (English); dwergthunbergia (Afrikaans); unohlonishwayo (Zulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

... National Botanical Garden January 2001   The dwarf thunbergia is a shrub up to 1 m in height. The slender stems ... new shoots emerging in spring. The natural distribution of Thunbergia natalensis  is throughout the eastern regions of ... is adapted to dry winters by going dormant. The seeds of  Thunbergia natalensis  are borne in club-shaped capsules ...

08 / 01 / 2001 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Thunbergia alata

Thunbergia alata
Common names: black-eyed susan (Eng.); swartoognooi (Afr.) ; isiPhondo (Zulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

... Shirley Smithies National Herbarium, Pretoria January 2007 Thunbergia alata is a soft, perennial climber about 1-5 x 1 m ... Birds also often nest in the thickly tangled stems.   Thunbergia Seed germinates easily in a damp mixture of fine ... White-flowered shrubs or small trees, such as Gardenia thunbergia , Duvernoia adhatodoides (pistol bush) and white ...

15 / 01 / 2007 | S Smithies | Pretoria NBG
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Thunbergia atriplicifolia

Thunbergia atriplicifolia
Common names: Natal primrose (Eng.) isiphondo esincane (isiZulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

... images by Richard Gill and Alice Notten, as credited. Thunbergia atriplicifolia is a perennial shrublet about 250 ... sessile leaves that are densely crowded in the upper part. Thunbergia atriplicifolia can be found in South Africa and ... of this species has occurred where the distribution of Thunbergia atriplicifolia and Thunbergia capensis overlap, ...

15 / 01 / 2024 | Mashudu Tshitereke | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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