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Ipomoea crassipes

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Hooker

Propagation

S.

Hardiness Zone

Min 5C

Common Names

• One-day Flower

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Cape Provinces
• Free State
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• treed savanna

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Apr

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Herbaceous perennial twiner or prostrate subshrub with hairy or glabrescent stems. Leaves 80mm x 45mm spotted with glands both surfaces & white-hairy beneath. 1-2 flowered inflorescence with bracteoles to 20mm x 9mm, 70mm purple & white axillary flowers, pilose external sepals to 22mm x 10mm, internal sepals to 22mm x 28mm, pilose mauve, purple or white corolla to 45mm x 60mm. Pubescent or glsabrous capsule 10mm diameter.

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Morley 1970
• Mobot
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• Mereremia