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Ipomoea kentrocarpa

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Name

Identification
Ipomoea kentrocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Ipomoea ochracea var. ochracea [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 ochracea var. ochracea [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Convolvulus ochraceus Lindl. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Bot. Reg. 13, t. 1060 (1827)
Ipomoea afra Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 9 : 380 (1845). Type : “ Guinea ”, specimen from Vahl (P–JU, holo.!).
Ipomoea kentrocarpa A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2 : 70 (1851); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 163 (1905); F.W.T.A. 2 : 216 (1931). Type : Ethiopia, near Dochli, Schimper 1420 (P, holo. !, BM, iso.!)
Ipomoea ophthalmantha Hall.f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in E.J. 18 : 141 (1893). Type : Tanganyika, Tabora District, Ugalla River, Boehm 253 (B, holo. †)
Information
A slender twining plant with thinner stems and leaves. Sepals less coriaceous. Seeds often pubescent.
Range
DISTR. U2–4; K3, 5–7; T1, 2, 4, 6, 7 central Africa and Angola to West Africa
Altitude range
60–1650 m.
Distribution
KENYA Uasin Gishu District Kipkarren, Oct. 1931, Brodhurst Hill 437!KENYA S. Kavirondo District 24 km. S. of Kisii, 11 Nov. 1955, Irwin 201 ! ;KENYA Kwale District Taru Desert, Samburu to Mackinnon Road, 1 Sept. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 4079 !TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Ukerewe I., 9 June 1932, Conrads 600 & 631 ! ;TANGANYIKA Mbulu District Oldeani, 16 July 1954, Dehn 1135 ! ;TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District Kiserawe, 9 July 1939, Vaughan 2836 !UGANDA Teso District Kagara, 21 Nov. 1945, A. S. Thomas 4423 ! ;UGANDA Mubende District Bugangazi, Kakumiro, Lind 2110 !
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia

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