Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook.

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Photo: Hope Holland
82, Rhodesville Avenue, Harare

Synonyms:
Common names:	Princess vine (English)
Description:	Showy handsome evergreen liane which can attain 8 m. Leaves digitate with (3-)5(-7) leaflets; leaflets sessile, glabrous, lanceolate, glossy, entire with undulate margins. Inflorescences of large axillary dichotomous cymes; peduncles as long as the petioles. Sepals coriaceous, concave and glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped, deep rich rose, ruby-red to magenta, 4-7 cm in diameter. Fruit subspherical, 1.3-1.6 cm long. Seeds dark brown, 6-7 mm long bearing a crown of tawny silky hairs.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	horsfalliae: after the artist Mrs Horsfall whose painting is the type of the species.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Origin uncertain but probably the Caribbean.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ipomoea horsfalliae
African Plant Database: Ipomoea horsfalliae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ipomoea horsfalliae
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ipomoea horsfalliae
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