• Family : Acanthaceae
  (Acanthus Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
• Synonym(s) : Thunbergia salweenensis W.W.Sm.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Thunbergia lutea T.Anderson
• Common name : Sikkim Clock Vine
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Hill forest and in forest relics
• Comments / notes : Vigorous climbing plant with stems up to 4m, glabrous or thinly pubescent except for prominent tuft of hairs at nodes.
• Flower, Fruit : July-October
• Distribution :
  • Sikkim : Gangtok district
  • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
• Native : E. Nepal to S. Central China.
• Exotic/Native : Native
• Endemism : Darjeeling district and eastern Nepal
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Thunbergia lutea. Downloaded on 6 June 2023.

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