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Ipomoea plebeia
africana
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve
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Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo
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Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo
Photo: Bart Wursten
Pokoteke Gorge, near Masvingo
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| Synonyms: |
Ipomoea cardiosepala Baker & Wright |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender prostrate or twining annual herb. Leaves ovate-triangular, up to 4-9 cm long, entire, cordate at the base, hairy with ciliate margins. Flowers axillary in few-flowered heads or solitary, sessile or on a short peduncle up to 1 cm long. Corolla relatively small, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, funnel-shaped, white, sometimes with a purple centre. Sepals ovate-triangular, glabrous or pubescent, accrescent in fruit.Capsule glabrous. Seeds shortly pubescent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | plebeia: common or inferior, probably referring to the small size of plant and flowers; africana: African (subsp. plebeia is restricted to Australia and Malaysia). |
| Habitat: | In woodland, grassland, scrub, along roadsides and in cultivated areas. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,GI,M |
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| Content last updated: | Saturday 30 August 2008 |
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Other sources of information about Ipomoea plebeia:
African Plant Database: Ipomoea plebeiaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Ipomoea plebeia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ipomoea plebeia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ipomoea plebeia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ipomoea plebeia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ipomoea plebeia
JSTOR Plant Science: Ipomoea plebeia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ipomoea plebeia
Tropicos: Ipomoea plebeia
West African Plants database: Ipomoea plebeia
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