Ipomoea consimilis Schulze-menz

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Climbing subshrub; young parts densely yellow-villous, glabrescent. Leaves broadly ovate, up to 250 x 200 mm, apex acuminate, base rounded to somewhat cordate, with yellow adpressed hairs below and on nerves above; petiole 25-95 mm, yellow-villous. Inflorescence a few-flowered cyme; peduncle up to 200 mm, yellow-villous; pedicels 20-40 mm, yellow-villous; bracts linear-lanceolate, up to 6 mm long. Sepals linear-lanceolate, subulate, 11-16 mm long, hairy outside, inner ones smaller than outer ones. Corolla funnel-shaped, up to 65 mm long, mauve to purple; midpetaline areas hairy on outside. Capsule globose, brown, 12 mm wide. Seeds 8 mm long, covered with long fulvous hairs.
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Subshrub with twining stems; young parts densely villous, later glabrous.. Leaf-blade broadly ovate, 10 cm. long, 8 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, covered with adpressed yellow hairs beneath and on the nerves above; petiole yellow-villous, 2.5 cm. long.. Inflorescence cymose, few-flowered; peduncle yellow-villous, 2–4 cm. long.. Sepals herbaceous, “ subulate ” (linear-lanceolate), 1.4–1.6 cm. long and 2 mm. wide, hairy on backs.. Corolla rose, campanulate above, tubular below, 5 cm. long, hairy.. Capsule not known.
Leaf lamina broadly ovate, up to 25·5 × 20·5 cm., acuminate at the apex, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, covered with appressed yellow hairs beneath and on the nerves above; petiole 2·5–9·5 cm. long, yellow-villous.
Inflorescence cymose, few-flowered; peduncles up to 20 cm. long, yellow-villous; pedicels up to 2 cm. long, yellow-villous; bracts linear-lanceolate, up to 0·6 cm. long.
Sepals linear-lanceolate, subulate, 1·1–1·6 cm. long, the inner ones smaller than the outer ones, herbaceous, hairy on the backs.
Stems twining, young parts densely yellow villous, later glabrous.
Corolla funnel-shaped, rose, up to 6·5 cm. long, hairy.
Seeds (immature) covered with long fulvous hairs.
Capsule immature globose, brown, coriaceous.
Climbing subshrub.
A creeping herb.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Edible roots tubers
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Distribution

Ipomoea consimilis world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, and South Africa

Conservation status

Ipomoea consimilis threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268678-1
WFO ID wfo-0001298777
COL ID 3PVVB
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Synonyms

Ipomoea consimilis