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Ipomoea nuda Baker |
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Description: | Robust climber or liane with stems up to 6m long. Leaves ovate or triangular, up to 13.5 cm long, cordate at the base with a broad or narrow sinus, dark glossy green; margin entire; petiole slender, up to 8 cm long. Flowers in lax few to many-flowered axillary inflorescences, rarely solitary; peduncle 2-11 cm long; pedicels and secondary peduncles up to 3 cm long. Sepals ovate-elliptic, 1.3-1.7 cm long. Corolla pure white, lilac or pinkish with a darker centre, with a more or less cylindrical tube 5-8 cm long. Capsule globose, leathery, hairless, tipped by the persistent style. | |
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Derivation of specific name: | shupangensis of Shupanga on the Zambezi in Mozambique, where the type was collected. | |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. | |
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Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 114 - 115. (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 37. |
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