Ipomoea simonsiana
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Zalula Pan, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Zalula Pan, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Zalula Pan, Catapu, Mozambique
Photo: Mark Hyde
Mphingwe, Catapu, Mozambique
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual twining herb. Leaves: petiole long, up to 5 cm, slender; lamina 2.5-7.5 × 2.4-6.5 cm, ovate in outline with a cordate base, sparsely pubescent above and beneath; margin with 2 or 3 triangular lobes on each side of the basal half. Flowers in 1-2-flowered cymes; peduncle 6-10 mm long; pedicels stouter than the peduncle. Sepals 7 mm long, 3-nerved, spathulate with an ovate apical part; basal part linear-oblong. Corolla 2.5 cm long, almost salver-shaped, white. Capsule globose, glabrous. Seeds with long hairs at the edges. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | simonsiana: named for Simons who collected the type at Lake Malawi |
| Habitat: | Savanna, thicket, grassland, lake-shore and rocky soil. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | T,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 30 August 2017 |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 109 - 110. 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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