Cobaea scandens Cav.

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Cobaea scandens

Photo: Edwards
Vumba

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Synonyms:
Common names: Cup-and-saucer vine (English) Mexican ivy (English)
Frequency:
Status: A rare escape
Description:
Glabrous climber to 8 m, but commonly cultivated as an annual. Leaves with 4-6 elliptic or oblong leaflets. Flowers borne on long (to 25 cm) peduncles. Calyx large, foliaceous. Corolla c. 5 cm long, pale violet or greenish-purple (or white in cv. 'Alba').
Notes: Included as a naturalised plant on the basis of one undated record from the Vumba by E.A. Edwards.
Derivation of specific name: scandens: climbing
Habitat:
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Mexico
Zimbabwe distribution: E
Growth form(s): Climber.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Friday 20 August 2010
Literature:

Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 235.


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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cobaea scandens

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cobaea scandens
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cobaea scandens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cobaea scandens
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cobaea scandens
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iNaturalist: Cobaea scandens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cobaea scandens
JSTOR Plant Science: Cobaea scandens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cobaea scandens
Plants of the World Online: Cobaea scandens
Tropicos: Cobaea scandens
Wikipedia: Cobaea scandens


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Cobaea scandens.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=181690, retrieved 19 March 2024

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