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Synonyms:
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| Common names:
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Grannyvine (English)
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| Frequency:
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| Status:
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Introduced |
Description:
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Herbaceous perennial climber. Stems twining, up to 3.5 m long. Leaves large, broadly ovate-heart-shaped, narrowly pointed at the apex. Inflorescences, axillary, few to many-flowered. Corolla funnel-shaped, 6-9 cm in diameter, usually blue with a white centre but many cultivars with other colours are known. |
| Notes:
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Popularly grown as a garden ornamental and occasionally found as a naturalised escape. |
| Derivation of specific name:
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tricolor: 3-coloured |
| Habitat:
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In disturbed places |
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| Worldwide distribution:
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Native to Mexico, Central America and tropical South America; introduced and naturalised elsewhere in the tropics |
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Zimbabwe distribution:
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W |
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| Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
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Images last updated: |
Wednesday 8 December 2010 |
| Literature:
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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.
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 55. (Includes a picture).
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