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Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.
White thunbergia, Whitelady

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 select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Other data on Thunbergia fragrans available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Thunbergia fragrans has been found in the following 10 conservation areas :
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Possibly Extirpated	Not Native, Naturalized
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Everglades National Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Ingram Pineland	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
Simpson Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Not Native, Naturalized

	Occurrence	Native Status
Thunbergia fragrans has been found in the following 3 counties :
Hendry County		Not Native, Naturalized
Martin County		Not Native, Naturalized
Miami-Dade County		Not Native, Naturalized