Thunbergia fragransRoxb.

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WFO wfo-0000409985 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thunbergia fragrans, photographed by Don Loarie
fig. a Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 203685385
Thunbergia fragrans, photographed by Hopeland
fig. b Hopeland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193457417
Thunbergia fragrans, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. c Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186260133
Thunbergia fragrans, photographed by ritirene
fig. d ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177229857
Thunbergia fragrans, photographed by novvictan
fig. e novvictan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176988766
Thunbergia fragrans, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. f Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 176109426
Thunbergia fragrans, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. g Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176368724
Thunbergia fragrans, photographed by Michael Bakker Paiva
fig. h Michael Bakker Paiva, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174297533

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Thunbergia fragrans is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Thunbergia fragrans, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Meyenia longiflora Benth. ex Hohen.
  • Roxburghia rostrata Russell ex Nees
  • Thunbergia angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Nees.
  • Thunbergia bodinieri H.Lév.
  • Thunbergia cordata Colla
  • Thunbergia fragrans f. javanica C.B.Clarke
  • Thunbergia fragrans subsp. hainanensis (C.Y.Wu & H.S.Lo) H.P.Tsui
  • Thunbergia fragrans var. heterophylla C.B.Clarke
  • Thunbergia hainanensis C.Y.Wu & H.S.Lo
  • Thunbergia heterophylla Wall.
  • Thunbergia java Hoffmanns.
  • Thunbergia linearifolia Bremek.
  • Thunbergia loheri Bremek.
  • Thunbergia longiflora F.Muell.
  • Thunbergia mindanaensis Bremek.
  • Thunbergia roxburghia Nees
  • Thunbergia scandens Pers. ex Nees
  • Thunbergia subsagittata Blanco
  • Thunbergia volubilis Pers.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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