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Ipomoea aculeata

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. & E. Queensland - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Hainan - China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• N. Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane shrubland
• thickets
• forest.

Flowering Times

• Jul (Indonesia)

Fruiting Times

Twining glabrous vine to 15m or creeper, triquetrous stems with prickly base, mucronulate leaves to 140mm x 100mm, axillary solitary or few flowered inflorescence of white fragrant flowers with green rays, coriaceous sepals to 18mm long, corolla to 170mm long, sepal enclosed mucronulate 4-valved capsule to 15mm long

Medicinal uses

Further References

• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• Flora Malesiana
• Kew