Heliotropiaceae
Niguita
Tournefortia bicolor
- Family
- Heliotropiaceae
- Genus
- Tournefortia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- تورنفورية ثنائي الألوان
- English
- Niguita
Synonyms
- Spilocarpus gracilis Lem.
- Tournefortia aubletii J.F.Macbr.
- Tournefortia bicolor var. bicolor
- Tournefortia bicolor var. brachysepala Griseb.
- Tournefortia bicolor var. laevigata Lam. ex Griseb.
- Tournefortia hirsutissima f. bicolor (Sw.) D.L.Nash
- Tournefortia laevigata Lam.
- Tournefortia laevigata var. latifolia (Willd.) DC.
- Tournefortia laevis Sessé & Moc.
- Tournefortia latifolia Willd.
- Tournefortia nitida Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.