THUNBERGIA AFFINIS 
Thunbergia — after Karl Peter Thunberg, an early professor of 
botany at Uppsala; affinis: similar to, i.e. to T. erecia, a 
closely related species. 
English name: 
Family: Acanthaceae. 
Country oj origin: Tropical Africa. 
Colour: flowers deep purple blue with 
a vellow throat. 
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Garden use: makes a good dwarf hedge, 
useful as a border plant or on 
its own. 
Propagation: cuttings. 
A, flower in longitudinal section. 
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