Ipomoea shupangensis Baker

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Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, Gorongosa National Park

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mphingue, Catapu

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mphingue, Catapu

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mphingue, Catapu

Ipomoea shupangensis

Picture: Mark Hyde
Mphingue, Catapu

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Synonyms: Ipomoea nuda Baker
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Robust climber or liane with stems up to 6m long. Leaves ovate or triangular, up to 13.5 cm long, cordate at the base with a broad or narrow sinus, dark glossy green; margin entire; petiole slender, up to 8 cm long. Flowers in lax few to many-flowered axillary inflorescences, rarely solitary; peduncle 2-11 cm long; pedicels and secondary peduncles up to 3 cm long. Sepals ovate-elliptic, 1.3-1.7 cm long. Corolla pure white, lilac or pinkish with a darker centre, with a more or less cylindrical tube 5-8 cm long. Capsule globose, leathery, hairless, tipped by the persistent style.
Type location:
Mozambique
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: shupangensis of Shupanga on the Zambezi in Mozambique, where the type was collected.
Habitat: In woodland, evergreen thickets on river banks and along roadsides, often on sandy soils.
Altitude range: Up to 1040 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): W
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Cb,E,C,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Tuesday 13 June 2017
Literature:

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271.

Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 114 - 115. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 37.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Ipomoea shupangensis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147980, retrieved 29 March 2024

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