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Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Martius ex Choisy) D.F. Austin

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Flor de la Mañana (Mexico)
• Ológi di anochi (St Eustatius & St Martin)
• Petite Campanule (Guadeloupe)
• Gloria de la mañana
• Pink Morning Glory
• Dholkolmi or Beragach or Behaya (Bangladesh)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Tamaulipas - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Wastelands.

Flowering Times

• Mar-Jun (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Twining or erect perennial shrub or creeper with hoary tomentose woody branches, coriaceous leaves to 250mm x 50mm downy above, hoary tomentose beneath. Several flowered axillary cymes of violet-pink flowers, coriaceous sepals to 7.5mm long, corolla downy outside, pink corolla to 80mm long. Glabrous capsule to 1.5mm long

Natualized in some areas

Leaves eaten as a vegetable

Further References

• G. Don
• Fedde
• USNH
• Botanicus
• Flora Malesiana
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• USNH
• Kew
• Standley