Operculina pteripes (g.don) o'donell Choisy

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Operculina

Characteristics

Vines; stems herbaceous at least toward the tips, glabrous. Leaves ovate, 3-8 cm long, acuminate, cordate basally, entire. Flowers in 2-7-flowered in-florescences, the peduncles smooth or rarely narrowly winged; sepals oblong, 2.5 cm long, acute to obtuse; corollas red-pink, subsalverform, 6-7 cm long. Fruits not seen.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Images

Flower

Operculina pteripes (g.don) o'donell flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Operculina pteripes (g.don) o'donell flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Operculina pteripes (g.don) o'donell flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Operculina pteripes (g.don) o'donell fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Operculina pteripes (g.don) o'donell fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Operculina pteripes (g.don) o'donell world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:174555-2
WFO ID wfo-0001297311
COL ID 74NBD
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Calonyction pterodes Operculina lancifolia Operculina rubicunda Ipomoea rhodocalyx Operculina rhodocalyx Ipomoea alatipes Operculina alatipes Operculina pteropis Calonyction pteripes Operculina pteripes (g.don) o'donell