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Ipomoea calcarata N.E. Br. Ipomoea dasysperma Jacq. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Hairless, annual herb. Stems climbing, smooth or tuberculate, up to 2.5 m long. Leaves: lamina circular in outline, digitately 5-9-lobed or pedately 3-partite; lobes linear-lanceolate to elliptic, acute; petiole 2-7 cm long. Pseudostipules present. Inflorescences 1-3-flowered; pedicels thicker than the peduncle. Sepals obtuse, unequal, gibbous and 1-2-tuberculate near the base. Flowers 5-10 cm long. Corolla funnel-shaped with a narrow tube, 4-5 cm long (in var. tuberculata); yellow or white with a purple centre. Capsule spherical. |
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Habitat: | Dambo margin woodland, edge of riverine forest, mixed scrub and river banks. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 230 - 1600 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | In Africa (Ethiopia, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa) and in Asia (Sri Lanka and India). |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 9 April 2016 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. As Ipomoea tuberculata Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 102 - 104. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 233. (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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 51. as Ipomoea tuberculata |
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