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| Synonyms: |
Batatas pentaphylla Choisy Convolvulus munitus Wall. Convolvulus vitifolius Burm. f. Ipomoea aegyptia L. Ipomoea pilosa Cav. Ipomoea sinaloensis Brandegee Merremia pentaphylla Hallier f. Operculina aegyptia (L.) House Operculina pentaphylla House Spiranthera pentaphylla Bojer |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Twining herb. Stems slender, up to 6 m. high, covered with long yellow-brown hairs. Leaves palmately 5-foliolate; leaflets sessile, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 2·5–9 cm long, appressed-hairy on both surfaces; margin entire; petiole slender, 2·5–11·5 cm long, as long as or longer than the lamina, hairy. Inflorescences few-several-flowered on a hairy peduncle up to 22 cm long; pedicels 10–25 mm. long, hairy. Sepals unequal, the 3 outer ovate-lanceolate, 14–25 mm long, densely hairy; the 2 inner slightly shorter, ovate, hairless. Corolla funnel-shaped, white, up to 3·5 cm long, hairless. Capsule globose, pale brown, hairless, 4-valved. Seeds hairless. |
| Type location: |
Martinique |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | aegyptia: of Egypt |
| Habitat: | Open woodland, open thicket, grassland, near rivers and on riverbanks. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 610 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread throughout the tropics. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | S |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 38 - 39. (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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