Blue Trumpet Vine
Thunbergia laurifolia, the laurel clockvine or blue trumpet vine, is native to India and the Indomalaya ecozone, the species occurs from Indochina to Malaysia. It is locally known as kar tuau in Malaysia and rang chuet or rang jeud in Thailand. Wikipedia
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Thunbergia laurifoliais a vigorous climber from Asia. The generic nameThunbergiacommemorates Swedish physician and botanist Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), who was a protégé of the great Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus. The specific epithetlaurifoliarefers to its laurel-shaped leaves.
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Abstract,Pharmacognosy Journal, 2011 Commonly known as blue trumpet vine or laurel clock vine, Thunbergia laurifolia is a popular ornamental vine in the tropics. Flowers are attractive with pale purplish-blue petals and a yellow throat. Leaves are heart-shaped with a pointed tip and slightly...
- Abstract, International Food Research Journal, 2016 This review aims to compile biological activity including antioxidant, anti-microbial, and anti-inflammatory properties of Thunbergia laurifolia or Rang Jued in Thai. Thais has been using this plant as folk medicine since ancient times. T....