Acanthaceae: flowers of the family
6 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Acanthaceae.
Black-eyed Susan vineThunbergia alata
A fast-growing climbing plant with bright flowers and a dark centre
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Philippine violetBarleria cristata
A small shrub with violet, pink, or white funnel-shaped flowers
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Flowering shrub
Porcupine flowerBarleria prionitis
A spiny yellow-flowered shrub grown for hedges, medicine and ornament
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Bengal trumpetThunbergia grandiflora
A climbing vine with large blue-violet trumpet flowers from Southeast Asia
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Climber
NeelakurinjiStrobilanthes kunthiana
A blue-purple shrub that blooms once every 12 years in South India's hills
🇮🇳 India · Wildflower
Bush clockvineThunbergia erecta
A tropical African shrub with velvety blue or purple flowers and yellow centers
🇬🇦 Gabon and 8 more · Garden flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Black-eyed Susan vine: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Philippine violet: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Porcupine flower: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bengal trumpet: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Neelakurinji: Suresh Krishna, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bush clockvine: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source