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Ipomoea asarifolia
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Foni Bintang Karenal, The Gambia
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Foni Bintang Karenal, The Gambia
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Foni Bintang Karenal, The Gambia
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| Synonyms: |
Convolvulus asarifolius Desr. Ipomoea repens Lam. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate or rarely twining perennial with thick, often angular stems. Leaves subcircular to kidney-shaped, 3.5-7cm long and up to 8.5 cm wide, leathery, hairless, rounded at the apex, cordate at the base; margin entire; petiole 3-8.5 cm long, thick and deeply grooved along the length. Inflorescences axillary, 1-few-flowered, often together with an axillary shoot; peduncle 2-5 cm long; bracts very small, ovate; pedicels 1-3.5 cm long. Sepals elliptic-oblong; inner ones 8-11 mm long; outer ones 5-8 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped, reddish purple-pink, c. 6.5 cm long, hairless. Capsule globose, hairless. |
| Notes: | This species is very similar to Ipomoea pes-caprae but clearly differing in the leafbase being cordate and the apex not bilobed. |
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| Habitat: | In grassland, open bushland and by termite mounds. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | West Africa to Sudan and in South-central Africa in Angola, Zambia and Mozambique; also in tropical South America, India and Southeast Asia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 31 January 2023 |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 98. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43. |
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