Lepistemon owariense (P. Beauv.) Hallier f.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River at Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.,
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River at Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.,
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River at Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.,
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River at Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.,
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River at Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.,
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River at Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.,
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River at Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.,
Photo: Bart Wursten
Vunduzi River at Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.,
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Synonyms:
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Ipomoea owariensis Beauv. Ipomoea repandula Baker Lepistemon africanum Oliv. Lepistemon lingnosum Dammer
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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial climber with stems up to 3 m long, covered with long appressed yellowish-brown bristly hairs. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, up to 15 cm long, entire, shallowly lobed or with triangular lobe-like teeth up to 1 × 2 cm, woolly hairy on both surfaces; petiole up to 12 cm long, bristly hairy. Inflorescences in dense many-flowered axillary clusters; pedicels up to 2 cm long. Calyx with long yellowish hairs. Corolla white, up to 1.8 cm long and up to 3 cm in diameter; tube urn-shaped, narrowing toward the top before spreading in to the limb. Fruit an ovoid-globose capsule, covered in long bristly hairs except for the upper part. |
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Habitat:
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Woodland and thickets, riverine forest, along edges of cultivation. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
Up to 1400 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread in tropical Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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E,S |
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Sunday 24 May 2015 |
Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. As Lepistemon sp.
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 44 - 47. (Includes a picture).
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.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 44.
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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: Lepistemon owariense. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147480, retrieved 9 October 2024
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