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Ipomoea tricolor

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Name

Identification
Ipomoea tricolor Cav. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
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Entry for IPOMOEA tricolor Cav. [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 tricolor Cav. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1795)
Information
Climbing herb up to several m long; stems glabrous. Leaf-blades ovate, 3.5–7 x 3–6 cm, cordate at the base, acuminate at the apex, glabrous; petiole up to 12 cm long. Flowers solitary or in shortly pedunculate cymes; pedicels up to 25 mm long, becoming thickened. Sepals ovate, 4–6 mm long, with whitish margins. Corolla blue with yellowish-white throat, 5–7 cm long, funnel-shaped. Capsule ovate, compressed, c. 15 mm long, glabrous. Seeds ovoid, c. 7 mm long, black, shortly pubescent.
Range
Cultivated as an ornamental at least in N1 (Hargeysa) native of Central America, but widely grown in the tropics.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 10729.
Notes
First record for Somalia.

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