Ipomoea coscinosperma Hochst. ex Choisy

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Annual herb. Stems several, stout, glabres-cent, suberect to prostrate, up to 3 m long. Leaves often secund, mostly entire, glabrescent, pilose or hairy, linear-lanceolate to oblong, 30-120 x 5-50 mm, base cuneate, apex subacute to rounded and mucronate; petiole 5-60 mm long. Inflorescences pilose, axillary, 1-to few-flowered clusters on short peduncle, on young stems solitary, or short pedicels fasciculate; bracts hairy, ±4 mm long. Sepals subequal, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 6-8 mm long, up to 12 mm in fruit, apex long-attenuate, covered with long, white hairs. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, slightly longer than calyx, white. Capsule globose, glabrous, 6-8 mm in diameter, style base persistent. Seeds brown, shortly pubescent, ±3 mm long.
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Spreading glabrescent or hairy annual.. Leaves narrowly elliptic-lanceolate or oblong, 4–11 cm. long, 1.5–1.9(–6.3) cm. wide, blunt but apiculate at the apex, rounded cuneate or faintly cordate at the base, glabrescent, pilose or hairy; petiole l.8(–3.7) cm. long.. Inflorescences small, axillary, sessile, hispid, 1–3-flowered; peduncles and pedicels up to 5 mm. long.. Sepals lanceolate or ovate, 6 mm. long, 1.8 mm. wide, acuminate at the apex and with hyaline lower margins, hispid.. Corolla small, red or white, 5–8 mm. long.. Capsule globose, glabrous, apiculate, 5–7.5 mm. in diameter.
A spreading annual herb. There are several stems that are often stout and angular. The leaf blade is entire and narrowly sword shaped. The base is wedge shaped or heart shaped. The flowering stems are in the axils of leaves with 1-3 flowers. The flower tube is small and funnel shaped. The fruit is a round smooth capsule. The seeds are brown.
Suberect to prostrate annual herb. Leaf lamina narrowly linear-lanceolate to oblong, entire; rounded, cuneate or shallowly cordate at base, glabrescent, pilose or hairy. Inflorescence 1-3-flowered, subsessile. Sepals ovate, pilose. Corolla 10 mm long. Flowers red or white.
Leaf lamina from narrowly linear lanceolate to oblong, 3–10 × 1–4 cm., entire or somewhat repand, blunt but apiculate at the apex, rounded cuneate or shallowly cordate at the base, glabrescent, pilose or hairy; petiole 5–25 mm. long, more or less pilose.
Inflorescence axillary, subsessile, usually 1–3 flowered, pilose; peduncles and pedicels up to 5 mm. long; bracts linear-subulate, about 4 mm. long, pilose.
Stems several, more or less stout, often angular, thinly hairy, glabrescent, at first suberect but soon prostrate.
Sepals subequal, lanceolate or ovate up to 8 mm. long, acuminate at the apex with hyaline lower margins, pilose.
Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, red or white, slightly longer than the calyx.
Capsule globose, glabrous, crowned by the persistent style base.
Flowers red or purplish, only about 1/3 in. long.
Trailing herb with loosely hairy slender stems
Spreading annual, glabrescent or hairy.
Seeds brown very shortly pubescent.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 365-1,360 m above sea level. It grows in damp river sands.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves, flowers and stems are used in sauces.
Uses animal food medicinal social use
Edible flowers leaves stems
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Distribution

Ipomoea coscinosperma world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268699-1
WFO ID wfo-0001297712
COL ID 3PVVX
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Synonyms

Ipomoea polygonoides Ipomoea coscinosperma