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Thunbergia erecta (Benth.) T. Anderson

meyenia erecta, boca de lobo, bush clock vine, king’s mantle

Scandent shrub to 3 m tall; young branches quadrangular, with pale yellow glossy bark, narrowly winged with the wings forming small “ears” at nodes, glabrous but for thin lines of hairs at youngest nodes. (POWO, 2022)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Scrophulariales

Family
Acanthaceae

Genus
Thunbergia

Species
erecta

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Meyenia erecta Benth.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2004

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Native to Africa; cultivated as an ornamental. (GBIF, 2022)

References

Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Thunbergia erecta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2057. Accessed 4 April 2026.