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Synonyms: |
Ipomoea crassicaulis (Benth.) B.L. Rob. Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy |
Common names: | Morning glory-bush (English) |
Description: | Robust shrub-like perennial up to 3 m. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pubescent particularly beneath. Flowers in clusters at the ends of branches, pale to deep pink, darker in the corolla throat. Fruit a glabrous dehiscent capsule, brown. |
Notes: | Its presence at SRGH in cultivated folders only, indicates it has only recently spread as a well naturalised escape in Zimbabwe. |
Derivation of specific name: | carnea: flesh-coloured; fistulosa: hollow like a pipe but closed at both ends |
Flowering time: | Some throughout the year |
Worldwide distribution: | Native from Florida to Argentina. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Image last updated: | Saturday 20 February 2016 |
Literature: |
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 49. |
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