Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical forest

Range

Western Africa

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Status

Uncommon

About

Bush Thunbergia, native to western Africa, is a climbing herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 3 meters tall. Bush Thunbergia blooms in purple flowers that have a unique feature: they are pollinated by bees, which have an extraordinary sense of smell that allows them to detect the flowers from a great distance.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Thunbergia

Species

Thunbergia erecta