Ipomoea wightii (Wall.) Choisy
var. wightii

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Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa

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Nhancuco, lower slopes Mt. Gorongosa

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Synonyms:	Convolvulus wightii Wall. Ipomoea arachnoidea Boj.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial climber or prostrate creeping herb. Stems up to 3.5 m long, covered with spreading yellowish hairs. Leaves heart-shaped, deeply cordate at the base, unlobed or shallowly to deeply 3-lobed, green with more or less dense rough hairs above, densely covered in white stellate velvet below; margins entire or crenate. Flowers in few to many-flowered axillary clusters. Corolla funnel-shaped, 2-4 cm in diameter, mauve or pink, darker purple-pink in the throat. The rim of the corolla shows distinct mucronate points. Capsule spherical, bristly above.
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Habitat:	In woodland, grassland and forest, along rivers and in disturbed areas.
Altitude range:	350 - 1680 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa. Also in Madagascar and tropical Asia.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS,M
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Content last updated:	Saturday 30 August 2008
Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 121. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 133. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. As Ipomoea wightii Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. As Ipomoea wightii 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. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 81. 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 37. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 44. 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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