Ipomoea involucrata P. Beauv.

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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba

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Edge of Aberfoyle Golf course

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Along path to Mt Binga before "Mosquito Camp", Chimanimani National Reserve

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Along road between Kaperekeza turn-off and Khazima Gate, Nyika National Park

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Kaperekeza road, Nyika National Park

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Yaekela - Lilanda Rd, Tshopo

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Yalikina (Itindi), southern bank of the Congo River, Northwest of Isangi

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Synonyms:	Convolvulus perfoliatus Schumach. & Thonn.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual or perennial twining herb, with stems up to 4 m long. A vigorous twiner, sometimes covering surrounding vegetation. Stems, leaves, peduncles and large bracts hairy. Leaves broadly heart-shaped with a deeply cordate base, up to 13 cm long, hairy on both surfaces, often more densely so below. Flowers funnel-shaped, whitish to pink, often darker in the throat, in heads arising from a distinct boat-shaped bract. Capsule spherical, hairless. See I. pileata for comparison.
Type location:	Nigeria
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Derivation of specific name:	involucrata: with an involucre, referring to the boat-shaped bract subtending the inflorescence
Habitat:	Along forest margins, often in secondary vegetation, on road sides and a weed of cultivation.
Altitude range: (metres)	700 - 2300 m
Flowering time:	Jun - Aug
Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa and northern South Africa
FZ divisions:	N,T,MS
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Images last updated:	Saturday 22 February 2020
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 131. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 48. As Ipomoea involucrata Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 634. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 75 - 76. 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. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 88. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73.

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