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Stictocardia beraviensis (Vatke) Hallier F.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Stictocardia

Characteristics

Strong woody twiner with densely pubescent young stems and glabrescent yellowish older ones.. Leaf-blade ovate, up to 16(–23) cm. long and 15 (–20.5) cm. wide, acute or blunt at the mucronate apex, shallowly cordate or truncate, glabrous or very sparingly pilose above, very densely grey-velvety beneath to glabrous or glabrescent; lateral nerves closely parallel; petiole up to 17 cm. long.. Inflorescences axillary, many-flowered; peduncle, 0.8–1 (–2.5) cm. long; pedicels 0.6–1.0 cm. long.. Calyx-lobes elliptic or suborbicular, 7–10(–13) mm. long, 5–8(–12) mm. wide, blunt or emarginate, mucronulate, glabrescent above, hairy towards the base.. Buds finely pubescent at the tips.. Corolla very bright crimson with base of tube orange-yellow, funnel-shaped, not markedly narrowed basally, 4.5–5.5 cm. long, with tufts of hairs at the tips of the midpetaline areas.. Capsule 1.4 cm. long, 1.3 cm. wide, globose.. Seeds black, ± granular, 6 mm. long, 4 mm. wide.. Fig. 19, p. 70.
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Leaf lamina ovate up to 16 × 14 cm. acute or blunt at the mucronate apex, shallowly cordate or truncate, glabrous or very sparingly pilose above, very densely grey-velvety beneath to glabrous or glabrescent; lateral nerves closely parallel; petiole up to 17 cm. long.
Corolla very bright crimson with base of the tube orange-yellow, funnel-shaped, not markedly narrowed basally, 4–5·5 cm. long, with tuft of hairs at the apices of the midpetaline areas.
Sepals elliptic or subcircular, up to 10 × 8 cm. long, blunt or emarginate, mucronulate, glabrescent above, hairy towards the base.
Inflorescence axillary, many-flowered; peduncle up to 1 cm. long; pedicels up to 1 cm. long; bracts cucullate.
Stems densely pubescent when young and glabrescent yellowish later.
Capsule globose, up to 2 cm. in diam., straw-coloured, woody.
Strong woody twiner, climbing into crowns of trees.
A stout climber with finely pubescent pithy stems
Crimson or red-purple flowers 11/2-2 in. long.
Buds finely pubescent at the apices.
Seeds black, more or less grannular.
Life form perennial
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Stictocardia beraviensis world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271218-1
WFO ID wfo-0001298191
COL ID 52JXM
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Synonyms

Argyreia beraviensis Ipomoea hierniana Argyreia bagshawei Stictocardia beraviensis Ipomoea beraviensis
WorldFloraDB 2024