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Ipomoea aculeata var. mollissima

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Zollinger) H. Hallier ex van Ooststroom

Common Names

• Ye hua shu teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Hainan - China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets
• roadsides.

Flowering Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct (China)

Pubescent perennial woody twiner, sometimes prostrate, with 1-few flowered inflorescences of nocturnal 170mm white flowers greenish outside & 15mm fruit capsule

Medicinal uses, leaves used as soap

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• Kew