Ipomoea bolusiana Schinz

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By road from Sinamatella to Mandavu Dam, Hwange NP

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Along road between Odzani Bridge and Osborne Dam.

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Synonyms:	Ipomoea angustisecta Engl. Ipomoea bolusiana Schinz var. abbreviata Hall. f. Ipomoea bolusiana Schinz var. elongata Hall. f. Ipomoea bolusiana Schinz var. pinnatipartita Verdc. Ipomoea mesenterioides Hall. f. Ipomoea praetermissa Rendle Ipomoea simplex Thunb. var. obtusisepala Rendle
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb, growing from a thick tuberous rootstock. Stems 1-several, prostrate or erect, hairless, slender, woody at the base.Leaves deeply palmately or somewhat pinnately 3-9-lobed, rarely simple; lobes filiform to linear, 2-7 cm long. hairless. Flowers axillary, funnel-shaped, 4-6 cm in diameter, mauve or magenta-pink, darker in the centre. Capsule subspherical-conical, pointed at the apex with the style-base, hairless.
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Derivation of specific name:	bolusiana: named after Harry Bolus (1834-1911) South African botanist and founder of the Bolus Herbarium at thr University of Cape Town.
Habitat:	In open woodland and wooded grassland, often on rocky or sandy soils.
Altitude range:	Up to 1465 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Freestate and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Madagascar
Mozambique distribution:	Z,T,GI,M
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Content last updated:	Saturday 13 February 2010
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 334 - 335. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 100 - 102. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 262. (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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 420 - 421. (Includes a picture). Roodt, V. (1998). Common Wild Flowers of the Okavango Delta Shell Field Guide Series: Part II Shell Oil Botswana, Gaberone. Pages 62 - 63. (Includes a picture). Roodt, V. (2011). Wild flowers, Waterplants and Grasses of the Okavango Delta and Kalahari "Did You Know" nature series Struik Nature for Veronica Roodt Publications Page 77. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 49. Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 200 - 201. (Includes a picture).

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