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Ipomoea pileata

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Identification
Ipomoea pileata Roxb. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, null Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Ipomoea involucrata
  • Ipomoea pileata
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  • Convolvulus pileatus

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea pileata [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Ipomoea pileata [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Common names
I. involucrata sensu Hallier f.: 135 (1893a) ex parte, excl. type.
Information
Annual or sometimes perennial herb with thick fusiform taproot. Stems twining, hairy to glabrescent, up to 3 m long. Leaves cordate-ovate, 20-100 x 15-75 mm, entire, apex atten­uate-acuminate to obtuse, rounded basal lobes and sinus, thinly hairy on both surfaces; petiole pilose, 15-100 mm long. Inflorescence a few-to many-flowered involucrate head; peduncle pilose, 20-50 mm long; outer bracts connate into large, pubescent boat-shaped involucre 25-40 mm long with 2 cusps; inner bracts oblong or elliptic, obtuse, ± 15 mm long. Sepals unequal, hairy; 3 outer ones oblong to oblong-spathulate, apex obtuse, ±10 mm long; inner ones much narrower, apex acute, 9 mm long. Corolla salver-shaped, pink or white with a darker centre or purple, tube slender, ± 20 mm long; limb spreading, 15-30 mm wide; mid­petaline areas sparsely pilose. Capsule ovoid, glabrous, 6 mm long. Seeds glabrous or thinly pubescent, ovoid, ± 4 mm long, black. Flowering time March to June.
Habitat
This species is very close to /. involucrata (no. 27), but differs consistently in the mor­phology of the calyx and the involucre and in the size of the corolla.
Use
28. Ipomoea pileata Roxb., Flora indica; or descriptions of Indian plants ... 2: 94 (1824); Choisy: 365 (1845); Baker & C.H.Wright: 53 (1904); Baker & Rendle: 151 (1905-06); Ooststr.: 507 (1940); Ooststr.: 467 (1953); A.Meeuse: 745 (1957a); Verde: 105 (1963a); Heine: 347 (1963); Gone.: 76, t. 20 (1987); Gone.: 84, t. 19 (1992); Lejoly & Lisowski: 55, t. 4 (1992); Retief & P.P.J.Herman: 385 (1997). Type: plant cultivated at Calcutta from Chinese seed, Wallich 1376 (K, holo.; G).
Range
Occurs in tropical Africa, the Mascarene Islands and also in tropical Asia. Rather rare in northern Namibia, northern Botswana and Mpumalanga. Found in open patches in rain forest, bushland, grassland and on river banks, on rocky and sandy soil. Can be a weed along roadsides and on cultivated land. Map 56.

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