
Acanthaceae FAMILY
Thunbergia aurea
Thunbergia aurea
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Thunbergia aurea is a perennial plant with more or less scrambling stems; it can grow 15 - 60cm tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSouthern Africa - Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, S. Africa.
HabitatNot known