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Ipomoea hederifolia

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Identification
Ipomoea hederifolia L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ipomoea hederifolia
Common name
  • liseron rouge (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea hederifolia L. [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 hederifolia L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Syst. Nat., ed. 10 : 925 (1759). Type : West Indies : illustration of Ipomoea foliis cordatis in Plumier, Pl. Amer., t. 93, fig. 2 (lecto.!)
Ipomoea angulata Lam. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Illustr. 1 : 464 (1793); U.O.P.Z. : 307 (1949); van Ooststr. in Fl. Males., ser. 1, 4 (4) : 481, fig. 54 (1953). Type : Mauritius, Commerson (P, holo. !)
Ipomoea phoenicea Roxb. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. 2 : 92 (1824). Type : India, Wallich 1372 (K, lecto. !)
Quamoclit angulata (Lam.) Bojer [family ], Hort. Maurit. : 224 (1837)
Quamoclit coccinea [family ], sensu Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 128 (1905); F.W.T.A. 2 : 213 (1931), non (L.) Moench
Information
Annual; stems twining, 2–5 m. long, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Leaf-blade ovate to orbicular in outline, 3–15 cm. long, 3–10 cm. wide, acuminate and mucronulate at the apex, cordate at the base, entire or 3-lobed; margin entire, angulate, or dentate; petiole 3–12 cm. long. Inflorescences lateral or terminal, few- to several-flowered, 10–35 cm. long; peduncle 3–20 cm. long; pedicels erect, 0.5–5 cm. long, enlarging in fruit. Sepals oblong, 2–3 mm. long; apex obtuse or truncate, with an awn 2–4 mm. long. Corolla scarlet, glabrous; limb salver-shaped, 2–2.5 cm. in diameter; tube 2.8–4 cm. long, narrowed below, very slightly curved. Stamens and style exserted 8 mm. Capsule globose, 5–7 mm. in diameter. Seeds black, 3.5–4 mm. long, densely pubescent.
Range
DISTR. U4; K3, 4, 6, 7; T1–5, 8; Z native of tropical America, now widely naturalized throughout the tropics
Altitude range
0–1650 m.
Distribution
KENYA Nandi District Nandi Forest, Mar. 1956, Meinertzhagen in E.A.H. 11364 !KENYA Nairobi, Aug. 1951, Russell Cox !TANGANYIKA Shinyanga, Nov. 1938, Koritschoner 2223 ! ;TANGANYIKA Moshi District Lyamungu, Aug. 1955, Ivens 675 ! ;TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Amani, 12 Mar. 1906, Zimmermann 1114 !UGANDA Mengo District Entebbe, Fyffe 2 ! & Kampala, Makerere, Feb. 1954, Lind in E.A.H. 10517!ZANZIBAR Without locality, G. de C. Taylor 82 !

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