| Synonyms: |
Ipomoea bella A.Chev. Ipomoea camporum A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel Ipomoea chaetocaulos Hallier f. Ipomoea lasiophylla Hallier f. Ipomoea pharbitiformis Baker Ipomoea polytricha Baker Ipomoea velutipes Welw. ex Rendle Ipomoea verdickii De Wild. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
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| Type location: |
Angola |
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| Habitat: | Clearings and margins of primary and secondary forest, wet and marshy places and along rivers. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. |
| FZ divisions: | N,W |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, perennial. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 85. as Ipomoea pharbitiformis Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simoes, A.R.G., (2022). Convolvulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 154 - 155. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43. |