Ipomoea parasitica (Kunth) G. Don

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Ipomoea parasitica

Picture: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone

Ipomoea parasitica

Picture: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone

Ipomoea parasitica

Picture: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone

Ipomoea parasitica

Picture: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone

Ipomoea parasitica

Picture: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone

Ipomoea parasitica

Picture: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone

Ipomoea parasitica

Picture: Bart Wursten
Dambwa Forest Reserve, Livingstone

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Synonyms: Convolvulus parasiticus Kunth
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Status: Introduced
Description:
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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Notes: Grown as an ornamental and occasionally escaping.
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Worldwide distribution: Native of Venezuela and C. America.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): S
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Content last updated: Wednesday 29 June 2022
Literature:

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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Flora of Malawi: Ipomoea parasitica
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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Ipomoea parasitica
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Ipomoea parasitica

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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ipomoea parasitica
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Wikipedia: Ipomoea parasitica


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Ipomoea parasitica.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=108710, retrieved 29 March 2024

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