Ipomoea fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f.
var. asperifolia (Hallier f.) Verdc.

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Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia

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Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

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Synonyms: Ipomoea asperifolia Hall. f.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb with persistently yellow-brown hairy stems, up to 2 m long, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves narrowly oblong or ovate-oblong, 3-11 cm long, more or less cordate at the base, covered with short stiff yellowish hairs on both surfaces (in this variety); petiole hairy, 1-4.5 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or few in small head; peduncles 1-7.5 cm long, hairy; bracts (in this variety) linear, up to 7 mm long. Sepals (in this variety) ovate or lanceolate, up to 16 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped, mauve to purple-pink, 2.5-5 cm long, more or less hairy. Capsule globose, hairless.
Notes: See var. fulvicaulis and var. heterocalyx for comparison.
This species is generally not easy to distinguish in field from Ipomoea blepharophylla. See that species for comparison.
Derivation of specific name: fulvicaulis: with fulvous (reddish-yellow, tawny) stems.
asperifolia: with rough leaves.
Habitat: Woodland, savanna bush, grassland, in granite sand and along roadsides
Altitude range: 550 - 1500 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution: MS
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
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Content last updated: Wednesday 27 July 2016
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34.

Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 68 - 69.

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.

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 71.

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Flora of Malawi: Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ipomoea fulvicaulis
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ipomoea fulvicaulis
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Wikipedia: Ipomoea fulvicaulis


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147690, retrieved 28 March 2024

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