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Synonyms: |
Ipomoea dissecta Willd. |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Slender, prostrate or twining annual herb. Stems several, up to 1.6 m long, 4-angled. Leaves digitately 5-lobed, each lobed deeply dentate or pinnatifid. Inflorescences 1-3-flowered, axillary. Corolla funnel-shaped, c. 12 mm long, white or pink, sometimes with a darker throat. Capsule depressed-spherical, glabrous. |
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Derivation of specific name: | coptica: from Coptos, near Thebes, Egypt. |
Habitat: | In mopane and dry deciduous woodland, grassland and in cultivated fields. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1400 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Throughout Tropical Africa, South Africa, Tropical Asia and northern Australia. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,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: | Thursday 4 January 2007 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. As Ipomoea coptica Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 108 - 109. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 367. (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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 49. as Ipomoea coptica |
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