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Synonyms: |
Evolvulus hederaceus Burm. f. Merremia convolvulacea Hall. f. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Twining or prostrate creeping herb with mostly hairless or pubescent stems, sometimes rooting at the nodes. Leaves ovate in outline up to 5 cm long, shallowly to deeply 3-lobed, hairless or sparsely hairy; margin more or less crenate; petiole up to 3 cm long, slender and often sparsely tuberculate in the basal half. Flowers solitary or in lax, few-flowered, branched inflorescences; peduncle 1-7 cm long. Corolla white or pale to bright yellow, bell-shaped, 5-12 mm long, hairy inside the tube with longer hairs near the base of the stamens. Fruit a globose or broadly conical capsule, obscurely 4-angled; valves wrinkled. |
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Derivation of specific name: | hederacea: ivy-like, resembling Hedera in the leaf shape. |
Habitat: | In riverine forest and grassland, often on sandy soils. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 300 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Tropical Asia, Southern China, Malaysia, Queensland Australia and some Pacific Islands. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 20 May 2015 |
Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 43. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 37. |
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