Ipomoea asarifolia Roem. & Schult.

Ginger-leaf morning-glory (en), Ipomée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Herbaceous perennial, much resembling I. pes-caprae. Stems prostrate or sometimes twining, thick, terete or angular. Leaves orbicular to kidney-shaped, 3½-8 by 3½-10 cm, cordate at the base with rounded lobes, broadly rounded at the apex, not or slightly emarginate, mucronulate; petiole rather thick, with a deep, longitudinal groove above, 3-9 cm long, smooth or minutely muricated. Inflorescences axillary, often together with an axillary leafy shoot; peduncles angular, shorter to slightly longer than the petiole, 2-5½ (-10) cm, cymosely one-to few-flowered, at least the central flower with a pedicel much longer than the calyx, 14-24 mm. Sepals unequal, the outer ones shorter, all elliptic-oblong, obtuse, mucronu-late; outer ones 3-nerved, more or less muricated, 5-6 mm long, inner ones 8-9 mm. Corolla funnel-shaped, ca 5 cm long, glabrous, red-purple. Stamens and style included; filaments shortly pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous. Capsule globose, ca 15 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds glabrous, as large as a pea (BAKER & RENDLE).
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Vines; stems herbaceous, decumbent and twining, rooting at the nodes gla-brous. Leaves rounded-cordate to subreniform, 4-8 cm long, basally cordate, apically rounded, glabrescent. Flowers solitary or in axillary or terminal simple or compound cymes, glabrous to puberulent; sepals unequal, the outer sepals 5-6 mm long, the inner sepals 10-12 mm long, elliptic to ovate, coriaceous, rounded apically, mucronate, glabrous; corolla lavender to purple, 6-8 cm long, funnelform. Fruits tardily dehiscent capsules, subglobose, 10-12 mm long, brown, glabrous; seeds brown to dark brown 6-7 mm long, minutely gray-pubescent.
Leaf lamina circular to reniform shaped, 3·5–7 × 3·5–8·5 cm., rounded at the apex, sometimes emarginate, mucronulate, cordate at the base with rounded lobes, glabrous, subcoriaceous; petiole 3–8·5 cm. long, rather thick with a deep longitudinal groove above, smooth or minutely muricated inflorescences axillary, often together with an axillary leaf shoot, cymosely 1-few-flowered; peduncle 2–5 cm. long; bracts ovate, minute; pedicels 1·5–3 cm. long.
Sepals unequal, all elliptic-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate; inner ones 811 mm. long; outer ones shorter, 5–8 mm. long, more or less muricate.
A twining herb. The stems are 4-6 mm across. The leaves are 12 cm long by 12 cm wide. They can be round or kidney shaped.
Corolla funnel-shaped, red-purple, up to 6·5 cm. long, glabrous.
Stems prostrate or sometimes twining, thick, terete or angular.
Perennial herb, much resembling I. pes-caprae (52).
A glabrous perennial, trailing; with hollow stems
Capsule globose, glabrous, as large as a pea.
Large red-purple flowers.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in woodland and palm groves. It can be in flooded rice fields and other disturbed ground.
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Sandy areas and waste places in Africa. Marshy grasslands and waysides at elevations up to 250 metres.
In marshy grasslands, and along waysides, from sea-level to 250 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food dye environmental use fuel material medicinal poison social use
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Tonic (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Habit

Ipomoea asarifolia habit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Ipomoea asarifolia leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Ipomoea asarifolia leaf picture by Marc Ondo (cc-by-sa)
Ipomoea asarifolia leaf picture by Zúñiga Parra josue (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Ipomoea asarifolia flower picture by Nascimento João (cc-by-sa)
Ipomoea asarifolia flower picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Ipomoea asarifolia flower picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ipomoea asarifolia world distribution map, present in Angola, Argentina, Benin, Burkina Faso, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Colombia, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Martinique, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Thailand, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, South Africa, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268434-1
WFO ID wfo-0001296662
COL ID 3PVM5
BDTFX ID 164399
INPN ID 629912
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Amphione asarifolia Convolvulus beladambu Convolvulus rugosus Convolvulus urbicus Ipomoea beladamboe Ipomoea vogelii Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Ipomoea rugosa Ipomoea flagelliformis Ipomoea latifolia Convolvulus asarifolius Ipomoea crassifolia Ipomoea repens Ipomoea urbica Ipomoea pes-caprae var. heterosepala Ipomoea urbica var. muricata Ipomoea asarifolia