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| Synonyms: |
Distimake tuberosus (L.) A.R. Simões & Staples Ipomoea tuberosa L. Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meisn. |
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| Common names: | Woodrose (English) | |
| Description: | Robust glabrous perennial twiner or liane, arising from a large subterranean tuber, ascending to many metres on trees and other supports. Leaves palmately compound with 5-7 lobes, circular in outline, 6-16 cm in diameter. Inflorescence few- to several-flowered. Pedicels 1.5-1.8 cm long, enlarging in fruit to 5 cm. Corolla yellow, funnel-shaped with a cylindric tube up to 5.5 cm long. Fruit a capsule enclosed by the accrescent calyx. | |
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| Derivation of specific name: | tuberosa: having tubers | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to tropical America, often cultivated and widely naturalised in Africa, Asia and Australia. | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 41. |
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