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Ipomoea chrysochaetia var. velutipes

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Welwitsch ex Rendle) Lejoly & Lisowski

Common Names

• Essengelenge
• Sengelenge (Babua)
• Inaolo

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• S. Sudan
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Seasonally flooded area
• primary & secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Jan

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Perennial twiner stems with golden-yellow bristly hairs, papery leaves strigose above hairy beneath to 150mm x 150mm. Pale red-purple flowers in cymes with hairy bracts to 25mm x 16mm, pilose sepals 10mm long, rose-red outside, deep purple inside corolla 55mm long, hairy 4-valved capsule 6mm long

Further References

• Jstor
• Mobot
• FOTA
• Kew
• Merremia