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Ipomoea stolonifera

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Name

Identification
Ipomoea stolonifera (Cirillo) J. F. Gmel. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ipomoea stolonifera
Common name
  • mbory (JLT) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • n-tome, untome (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bubafgale (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BIAFADA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea stolonifera (Cyrill.) J.F. Gmel. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Ipomoea stolonifera (Cyrill.) J.F. Gmel. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Linn. Syst. Nat., ed. 13, 2: 345 (1791); F.T.A. 4, 2: 171; van Ooststr. in Blumea 3: 540 (1940); Naegelé in Bull. I.F.A.N. 21: 1186, fig. 5 (1959).
Convolvulus stoloniferus Cyrill. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Pl. Rar. Neap. 1: 14 (1788)
Information
Stems slender, glabrous, from a perennial tuberous root, creeping and sending up short leafy branchlets; flowers pure white with a purple centre, 2 in. across the open limb.
Range
Widespread on the shores of warm countries
Distribution
Gam.: Bathurst (Nov.) Gardiner 113!S. L.: Morson! Yele, Turtle Isl. (Nov.) Deighton 2315! Yoni to Ugepe, Bonthe Isl. (fl. 8 fr. Nov.) Deighton 2275! Ruka (Dec.) Sc. Elliot 4109! Shengbi (Dec.) King 74B!Lib.: Monrovia (Nov.) Linder 1438! (fr. Jan.) Harley 1098! Robertsport (Dec.) Baldwin 10911!Iv. C.: Azuretti (Sept.) de Wit 7132! Abidjan to Grand Bassam (Jan.) Leeuwenberg 2378!Ghana: Axim (Feb.) Irvine 2302! Teshi, Accra (fr. Nov.) Irvine 810!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 56!

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