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Ipomoea plebeia
africana
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo
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Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo
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Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo
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Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo
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| Synonyms: |
Ipomoea cardiosepala Baker & Wright Ipomoea cynanchifolia C.B. Clarke |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender prostrate or twining annual herb. Leaves ovate-triangular, 4-9 cm long, cordate at the base, hairy with ciliate margins; margin entire. Flowers axillary, solitary or in few-flowered heads, sessile or on a short peduncle up to 1 cm long. Corolla relatively small, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, funnel-shaped, white, sometimes with a purple centre. Sepals ovate-triangular, hairless or pubescent, accrescent in fruit. Capsule hairless. Seeds shortly pubescent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | plebeia: common or inferior, probably referring to the small size of plant and flowers; africana: African (subsp. plebeia is restricted to Australia and Malaysia). |
| Habitat: | In woodland, grassland, scrub, along roadsides and in cultivated areas. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,GI,M |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, annual. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 30 August 2008 |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 63. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 370. (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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 50. Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 94. as Ipomoea cynanchifolia (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Zambia: Ipomoea plebeia subsp. africana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ipomoea plebeia subsp. africana
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