Ipomoea parasitica (Kunth) G. Don
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Photo: Helen Pickering
Along the main road from Livingstone to the Zimbabwe border just before the Maramba river bridge on the left (east) travelling south from Livingstone
Photo: Helen Pickering
Along the main road from Livingstone to the Zimbabwe border just before the Maramba river bridge on the left (east) travelling south from Livingstone
Photo: Helen Pickering
Along the main road from Livingstone to the Zimbabwe border just before the Maramba river bridge on the left (east) travelling south from Livingstone
Photo: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone
Photo: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone
Photo: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone
Photo: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone
Photo: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone
Photo: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone
Photo: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone
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Convolvulus parasiticus Kunth
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Introduced |
Description:
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Stems reddish, minutely muricate, trailing, several meters long. Leaf lamina ovate; base cordate; apex obtuse or acuminate; petiole 5-24 cm, sometimes minutely muricate. Inflorescence of several-flowered cymes; peduncle relatively long, 5-25 cm, pubescent; pedicels 0.7-1.5 cm, enlarged at the apex, often reflexed. Sepals 5 mm long, lanceolate-oblong, mucronate. Corolla funnel-shaped, blue with purplish tinge, 3.5 - 4.5 cm long. Capsule glabrous. Seeds trigonous, glabrous or shortly pubescent. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native of Venezuela and C. America. |
Malawi distribution:
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Literature:
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Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 87 - 89.
Verdcourt, B. (1967). New Convolvulaceae from the Flora Zambesiaca area-II Kirkia 6(1) Page 121.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Ipomoea parasitica. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=108710, retrieved 29 March 2024
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