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Ipomoea pes-caprae

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Name

Identification
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ipomoea pes-caprae
Common name
  • ipomée pied de chèvre (Berhaut); liseron pied de chèvre (Kerharo & Adam)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • aupa nziŋa (FRI) (GHANA, AHANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • n-dénat (K&A) n-dénat i gètĭ (JB) purtut (K&A) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • hontolon-dε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, BULOM (Sherbro)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • papan (FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-FANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • akpa (GHANA, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • duam (JB; K&A) furtut duam (JB) purtut (JLT; K&A) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • npiiti (IFE) olinuwo ẹlopo the roots (IFE) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bababarakora (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-‘SOCE’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • goat’s foot convolvulus., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • hondolo (FCD) hondolo-hina, hina: male (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for IPOMOEA pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M.A. García (Cuscuta), Sebsebe Demissew (Cladostigma, Hildebrandtia, Seddera), and M. Thulin (Astripomoea, Convolvulus, Cressa, Dichondra, Evolvulus, Hewittia, Hyalocystis, Ipomoea, Jacquemontia, Merremia, Operculina, Stictocardia, Turbina, Xenostegia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
IPOMOEA pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1818);
Convolvulus pes-caprae L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1753). [type as above]
Information
Perennial glabrous herb; stems creeping, up to several m long. Leaf-blades almost orbicular to elliptic, 3–10 x 3–10.5 cm, rounded to cordate at the base, ± emarginate at the apex to deeply 2-lobed; petiole 2–17 cm long, with 2 glands at the apex. Cymes 1–many-flowered; peduncle 3–16 cm long; pedicels 1.2–4.5 cm long; bracts small. Sepals ± ovate, 5–12 x 5–7 mm, obtuse and mucronulate. Corolla pink or purple with darker centre, 3–5.5 cm long. Capsule globose, 12–18 mm in diam. Seeds 6–10 mm long, dark tomentose.

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