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Ipomoea dissecta

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Identification
Ipomoea dissecta (Jacq.) Pursh [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ipomoea dissecta
Common name
  • sagar i surga = little sugar (DF) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • saawuu-dubuu =a thousand foot-prints; from the very deeply dissected pattern of the leaves (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nd́af a t́èk (JB) ndégèt́ fa mbé (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kléŋme (FRI; KD) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea coptica var. coptica [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1963) Author: B. VERDCOURT (East African Herbarium)
Names
Ipomoea coptica var. coptica [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Convolvulus copticus L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Mant. 2 : 559 (1771)
Convolvulus stipulatus Desr. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Lam., Encycl. 3 : 546 (1791). Type: Senegal (P, holo. !)
Ipomoea dissecta Willd. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Phytogr. : 5, t. 2 (1794); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 176 (1905); F.W.T.A. 2 : 218 (1931). Type : Guinea, Isert (? B, not found)
Convolvulus thonningii Schumach. & Thonn. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 98 (1827). Type : Ghana, Ada, Isert (C, holo.†)
Ipomoea multisecta Welw. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Apont. : 589 (1859). Type : Angola, Loanda, Welwitsch 6253 (BM, iso. !)
Information
Main leaf-lobes elliptic to ovate, deeply divided or toothed. Bracts small, 1.5–3 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U2, 3; K7; T1, 3, 4 throughout tropical Africa, South Africa, tropical Asia and northern Australia
Altitude range
190–1200 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Mariakani, 10 Sept. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4239 & 25 June 1956, Irwin 278 ! ;KENYA Kilifi District Malindi, June 1959, Rawlins 825 !TANGANYIKA Shinyanga District near Tinde, 2 April 1945, Wallace 1226 ! ;TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Korogwe, 13 Jan. 1903, Zimmerman 170 ! ;TANGANYIKA Ufipa District Tumba to Sala, 13 Feb. 1950, Bullock 2441 !UGANDA Bunyoro District Bugungu, Bulesa (?), Jan. 1941, Purseglove 1104!;UGANDA Teso District Soroti, Kapiri ferry, 16 Sept. 1954, Lind 337 ! ;UGANDA Busoga District 5 km. N. of Nawaikoke, 15 May 1953, G. H. S. Wood 737 !

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