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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.
White thunbergia, Whitelady

Thunbergia fragrans
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Acanthaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Old World (Asia). Widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.

Map of South Florida Locations

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of Florida Keys Locations

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized. An herbarium voucher is needed for the Monroe County Keys.

Other data on Thunbergia fragrans available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Thunbergia fragrans has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Not Native, Naturalized




Thunbergia fragrans has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland
Rockland Hammock


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Thunbergia fragrans
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Thunbergia fragrans
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Thunbergia fragrans
Copyright by: Rosimar Rivera