WorldFloraDB - Ipomoea kituiensis

Characteristics

Shrub with suberect or twining, pubescent stems up to 6 m. long; roots probably tuberous.. Leaf-blade ovate to reniform, 3.5–14.5 cm. long, 3.2–16 cm. wide, obtuse, apiculate, acuminate or even bilobed at the apex, cordate at the base, sparsely pubescent or glabrous above, finely pubescent or glabrescent beneath; petiole 1–10 cm. long.. Flowers few to many in cymes; peduncle 3.5–20 cm. long; pedicels and secondary peduncles 0.2–2 cm. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, 1.1–1.4 cm. long, 2 mm. wide.. Sepals linear-lanceolate to ovate, 0.7–2.1 cm. long, 2.5–5 mm. wide, silky-pubescent or pilose.. Corolla white, cream or yellow with a purple centre, funnel-shaped, 5–8 cm. long; midpetaline areas pubescent or pilose; tube narrowed below.. Capsule ellipsoidal, 1.7–2 cm. long, 1.2–1.3 cm. wide.. Seeds ovoid, 9 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, covered with long golden hairs about 1 cm. long.

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Leaf lamina ovate to reniform, 3·5–17·5 × 3·2–17·5 cm., obtuse, apiculate, acuminate or even bilobed at the apex, cordate at the base, sparsely pubescent or glabrous above, finely pubescent or glabrescent beneath; petiole 17–17·5 cm. long, pubescent.

Flowers few to many more or less crowded in cymes; peduncle 3·5–13 cm. long, pubescent; pedicels and secondary peduncles 0·2–2 cm. long, pubescent; bracts linear-lanceolate 1–1·5 cm. long, white, silky appressed pubescent as in the sepals.

Corolla funnel-shaped, white, cream or yellow with a purple centre, 5–8 cm. long; midpetaline areas pubescent or pilose; tube narrowed below.

Stems suberect or twining, up to 6 m. long, pubescent, with leaf scars prominent.

Seeds ovoid, 9 mm. long covered with long golden hairs about 10 mm. long.

Sepals linear-lanceolate to ovate, long, tapering upwards.

Shrub probably with tuberous roots.

Capsule ellipsoid, 1·7–2 cm. long.

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