Thunbergia coccinea Wall.

Thunbergia coccinea Wall. ex D. Don, Prod. Fl. Nepal. 120. 1825; Wall., Tent. Fl. Nepal. 1: 48, t. 37.1824; T. Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 448.1868; Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Br. Ind. 4: 394.1885; Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 289. 1895, in obs.; Bremek., Verb. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. 50(4): 43. 1955. Type: India, Assam, Griffith 1055 (BM).

Stem extensive, woody; branches long. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, to 7-18 X 4-10 cm, 3-5-nerved from base, acute at apex. Flowers 3 in axils of bracts; bracts ovate, to 3.8 x 2 cm, concave; pedicels to 3 cm, bent at base; bracteoles oval-oblong, to 3.5 x 2.5 cm; calyx-ring crenulate; corolla orange-red; tube infundibular, to 2.8 cm long; lobes obovate-oblong to broadly obovate, 1.3-1.5 cm broad, recurved. Capsule globose, to 1.5 cm broad; beak to 3 cm long.

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