Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
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Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
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Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
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Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa
Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo: Sune Holt
Munavalate, Vilanculos Distr., Inhambane, Mozambique
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Synonyms:
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Convolvulus batatas L. Convolvulus edulis Thunb.
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Common names:
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Bambaira (Shona)
Imbambaila (Ndebele)
Sweet potato (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Perennial herb, widely cultivated for its edible tubers. Stems with milky sap, prostate, rooting at the nodes, rarely twining. Leaves, up to 10 × 13 cm, triangular to broadly ovate in outline, entire or more or less deeply palmately 3-7-lobed, more or less cordate at the base. Flowers in several flowered axillary clusters on a long peduncle. Corolla funnel-shaped, pale mauve to whitish. Capsule ovoid. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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batatas: Haitian name for the Sweet potato |
Habitat:
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Occasionally found in wet sandy soils as an escape from cultivation. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
Up to 1525 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution:
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Probably native to South America |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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C |
Growth form(s):
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Climber.
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Achaea catella (Larval food plant)
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Wednesday 26 September 2007 |
Literature:
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Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 89 - 90. (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 36.
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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: Ipomoea batatas. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147550, retrieved 4 December 2024
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