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Synonyms: |
Convolvulus albivenius Lindl. Ipomoea gerrardii Hook. f. Ipomoea wakefieldii Baker |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Very local in Zimbabwe. |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Strong climber, sometimes shrub-like, with branches up to 10 m long. Leaves alternate, ovate, oblong-ovate to almost circular, up to 13 × 16 cm, more or less cordate at the base, densely white woolly hairy, particularly when young and on the veins beneath; margin entire to slightly crenate; petiole slender, 3.5-7-5 cm long. white woolly. Flowers in few-flowered, axillary inflorescences on short peduncles. Corolla funnel-shaped, white, cream or yellowish with a mauve tube up to 14.5 cm long, hairless. Fruit a hairless pointed capsule up to 2.2 cm long, dehiscing to reveal brown seeds embedded in a dense "cotton ball" of very long brownish-white hairs. |
Notes: | The grey-green, densely woolly stems and leaves as well as the cotton-wool embedded seeds resemble Ipomoea verbascoidea. That species has mauve-pink flowers and occurs at higher altitudes, usually in different types of miombo woodland. |
Derivation of specific name: | albivenia: white-veined |
Habitat: | Deciduous woodland and open grassland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 800 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | S |
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Endemic status: | |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 15 September 2013 |
Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 47. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 334 - 335. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 118. 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 36. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 178 - 179. (Includes a picture). |
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