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Family Acanthaceae
Mysore clock vine
Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson.
DOLL'S SHOES

Scientific names Common names
Hexacentris mysorensis Wight Brick & butter vine (Engl.)
Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson Doll's shoes (Engl.)
  Indian clock vine (Engl.)
  Lady slipper creeper (Engl.)
  Lady's slipper vine (Engl.)
  Mysore clock vine Engl.)
  Mysore trumpetvine (Engl.)
Thunbergia mysorensis (Wight) T.Anderson is an accepted name. The Plant List

Other vernacular names
KANNADA: Kamanabillu balli.
MARATHI: Zumber thunbergia.

Gen info
- The genus name "Thunbergia" honors the Swedish physician and botanist , Carl Peter Thunberg, 1743-1828. The specific epithet "mysorensis" refers to the city of Mysore in Karnataka, India.
- Considered one of the most beautiful vines in the world and has received the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Away of Garden Merit in 1993.
- The variety of common names refer to the shape of the flowers and the clockwise twinning of the vine.

Botany
Thunbergia mysorensis is an evergreen twinning vine that grows 16-25 feet tall and at least as wide, with a dense covering of dark green, opposite, lanceolate, acuminate, dentate leaves, 4 to 6 inches long, prominently three-nerved.. Stems twine clockwise as they mature. Inflorescence is an elongatd pendant raceme, slender, three feet or longer. Flowers dangling from inflorescenses are two-lipped, arising from the leaf axils, with red calyces and a floral tube with a 3-inch gaping mouth, yellow along the edges and down the throat, with red reflexed petals.

Distribution
- Introduced.
- Cultivated in Laguna and Baguio City as an ornamental plant.
- Native to southern tropical India.

- Naturalized in Mediterranean climates.

Constituents
- Phytochemical screening yielded protein, alkaloid, amino acid, carbohydrate, flavonoids, tannin, and phenolics. (see study below) (3)

Properties
- Sweet nectar is attractie to birds.
- Studies have suggested antioxidant properties.

Parts used
Flowers

Uses

Folkloric
- No reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines.
- In India, used to treat coughs, jaundice, liver disease, fever.

Studies
Antioxidant:
Study evaluated an ethanol extract for antioxidant potential. Phenol and flavonoid concentration were 0.264 µg/ml and 0.259 µg/ml, respectively. Reducing power was 0.311 µg/ml. The IC50 was 125 µg/ml, compared to standard vitamin C at 237.5 µg/ml. Results suggest a good source of natural antioxidants. (see constituent above) (3)
Antibacteria / Flowers: Study of aqueous extract of flowers showed antibacterial activity against E. coli, S. aureus, and P. aeruginosa with 7-10 mm zone of inhibition. (4)

Availability
- Wild-crafted.
- Plants in the cybermarket.

August 2020

                                                 PHOTOS / ILLUSTRATIONS
IMAGE SOURCE: Photograp / Thunbergia mysorensis flowers / click on image to go to source page / © PLANTSGURU
OTHER IMAGE SOURCE: /Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp. - quickstick GLSE2 / Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA

Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
(1)
Thunbergia mysorensis / Synonyms / The Plant List

(2)
Thunbergia mysorensis / Wikipedia
(30
Phytochemical estimation and antioxidative potential Of thunbergia mysorensis (wight) t. Anders. Ex bedd in Uttarakhand, india / MANEESHA SINGH AND GUNJAN KIMOTHI / Int J Pharm Bio Sci., July-Sept 2018; 9(3): pp 271-279 / DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22376/ijpbs.2018.9.3.b271-279
(4)
Flowers with Antibacterial Property- A survey in Meenachil Taluk / Tom. K. Mathew, Dr. P.J. Benny /
Journal of Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Biological Sciences, June-August 2016; 4(2): pp 252-261 / ISSN: 2348-7658

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