Thunbergia gossweileri
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Habit
Margin of miombo woodland and dambo grassland plain
Mwinilunga District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaves
Margin of miombo woodland and dambo grassland plain
Mwinilunga District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Margin of miombo woodland and dambo grassland plain
Mwinilunga District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flower
Margin of miombo woodland and dambo grassland plain
Mwinilunga District
May 2025
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Thunbergia vincoides Benoist. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with several slender trailing or twining stems from a creeping rhizome; stems to 1 m long, subglabrous to sparsely pilose. Leaves green or slightly glaucous, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; petiole 1–6 mm long; lamina lanceolate to broadly ovate, largest 6–8 × 1.5–4.5 cm; apex acute to obtuse, apiculate, base truncate to cordate, sometimes with 2 weak subhastate lobes; margin entire. Flowers axillary, solitary, rarely one solitary plus a 2-flowered cyme per axil; pedicels 2.5–5.5 cm long, glabrous to sparsely puberulous or pubescent-pilose; bracteoles pale green with conspicuous (rarely inconspicuous) dark green venation, 1.3–2 × 0.4–0.9 cm, narrowly ovate or narrowly oblong to ovate, acute or subacute, base cuneate to truncate, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, ciliate along edges and midrib. Calyx puberulous, 1.5–2.5(4 in fruit) mm long, the narrowly triangular lobes ± 2/3 . Corolla pale to bright blue or bluish purple; tube 1.8–2.5 cm long; lobes 0.8–1.5 cm long. Capsule depressed globose, 5–6 × 7–9 mm, puberulous, beak 10–13 mm long. Seeds dark brown, 3.5–4 mm in diameter, reticulately sculptured. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | gossweileri : named after J. Gossweiler who collected specimens in Angola |
| Habitat: | Woodland and bushland on Kalahari Sand |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC and Zambia |
| FZ divisions: | B,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,C |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 11 August 2025 |
| Literature: |
Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Page 34. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Thunbergia gossweileriAfrican Plant Database: Thunbergia gossweileri
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