Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Acanthaceae | Genus: Thunbergia | Species: Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.( चिमीन ) |
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| Synonym | Roxburghia rostrata Russell ex Nees, Thunbergia volubilis Pers. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Chimine, White Lady | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Sweet Clock-Vine, White Lady | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Chimine | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit sub-globose, capsule topped with a long, thick beak. |
| Habitat | Forest margins, watercourses, urban bushland, disturbed sites, roadsides | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia Vietnam and China. | Bark Details | Smooth and green, hairy |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Climber up to 4 meters length, finely hairy. Leave wide, long-pointed, often coarsely few-toothed, slender-stalked. Flower solitary, white; bracteoles ovate; calyx unequally dentate, glabrous; corolla white, sparsely puberulent; tube basally cylindric, lobes obovate. scentless. Fruit sub-globose, capsule topped with a long, thick beak. | Leaf Details | Leave wide, long-pointed, often coarsely few-toothed, slender-stalked. |
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