Ipomoea involucrata P. Beauv.
var. involucrata

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Along path to Mt Binga before "Mosquito Camp", Chimanimani National Reserve

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Synonyms:	Convolvulus perfoliatus Schumach. & Thonn.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual or perennial twining herb, with stems up to 4 m long. A vigorous twiner, sometimes covering surrounding vegetation. Stems, leaves, peduncles and large bracts hairy. Leaves broadly heart-shaped with a deeply cordate base, up to 13 cm long, hairy on both surfaces, often more densely so below. Flowers funnel-shaped, whitish to pink, often darker in the throat, in heads arising from a distinct boat-shaped bract. Capsule spherical, hairless. See I. pileata for comparison.
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Derivation of specific name:	involucrata: with an involucre, referring to the boat-shaped bract subtending the inflorescence
Habitat:	Along forest margins, often in secondary vegetation, on road sides and a weed of cultivation.
Altitude range:	700 - 2300 m
Flowering time:	Jun - Aug
Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa and northern South Africa
Mozambique distribution:	N,T,MS
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Content last updated:	Saturday 22 February 2020
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 131. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 48. As Ipomoea involucrata Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 75 - 76. 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. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73.

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