Trees & Plants

Blue trumpet vine

Kulhandhilimaa

Thunbergia grandiflora

Grown as an ornamental plant in home gardens ex Rottl.) Roxb. NARAHDISAS .N/OAF In traditional medicine the plant is used as a remedy for rheumatic arthralgia, algomenorrhea and swelling pains caused by falls and fractures. The leaves are used to treat stone in urinary bladder an

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uses: In traditional medicine the plant is used as a remedy for rheumatic arthralgia, algomenorrhea and swelling pains caused by falls and fractures. The leaves are used to treat stone in urinary bladder and elephantiasis. The plant is also used as green manure. Th reat & damage: An invasive plant which can smother, outcompete and affect germination and establishment of native plant species. 4, an
family: Acanthaceae
synonym: Flemingia grandiflora Roxb. ex Rottl.
description: Climbing shrubs. Leaves Th × opposite, to 10 7 cm, ovate, cordate, hastate or sagitate, apex acuminate, margin distantly dentate, glabrous or slightly puberulous; petiole to 2.2 cm. Flowers large, in axillary racemes; bracts spathaceous, tomentose; bracteoles falcate. Calyx to 2 mm long. Corolla blue or white, tube widened, lobes subequal, spreading, 3.5 cm across. Stamens 4, attached at the throat of the tube; anthers oblong. Capsules globose, beaked; seeds 4, globose, retinacula absent.
native range: Indian sub-continent, southern China and Myanmar
distribution: South Asia, tropical Australia, tropical America and some Oceanic islands
english names: Blue trumpet vine · Blue sky vine · Scrambling sky flower Th
flowering fruiting: February - July
occurrence maldives: Grown as an ornamental plant in home gardens ex Rottl.) Roxb. NARAHDISAS .N/OAF