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Ipomoea dichroa
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Near the viewing platform, Masuma Dam, Hwange NP
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Corncob Farm, Umguza Irrigation Scheme, Bulawayo
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Corncob Farm, Umguza Irrigation Scheme, Bulawayo
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Corncob Farm, Umguza Irrigation Scheme, Bulawayo
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Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw. |
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Annual herb, twining or occasionally prostrate. Stems up to 2.5m long, densely covered with white to yellowish bristly hairs. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate in outline, up to 18.5 × 17.5 cm, deeply 3-lobed, rarely entire, bristly hairy above, densely white-woolly below; petiole 4-10 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, several-flowered on a peduncle up to 7 cm long. Calyx densely bristly hairy, Corolla relatively small (c. 2 cm), funnel-shaped, pink or mauve with a darker centre. Capsule ovoid, softly hairy above. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa, Namibia, and Mpumalanga, South Africa. Also in India. |
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| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 84 - 85. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 157. (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 36. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 54. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 50. |
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