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Ipomoea incarnata

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Vahl) Choisy

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Netherland Antilles
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• shrubland
• roadside
• coastal lava beds
• secondary vegetation
• thickets
• coastal thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan (Netherlands Antilles)
• Jan-Apr (Bolivia)
• Apr (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

• Jan (Netherlands Antilles)

Herbaceous glabrous twiner or trailer to 10m long with lenticellate striate stems. Glabrous sagittate-based leaves to 60mm x 50mm with lobes. Solitary or axillary cymes of 1-7 flowers with bracts, pale purple to reddish-purple flowers with small bracts, glabrous sepals to 25mm x 5mm, pink or lilac glabrous corolla to 80mm long with limb 70mm diameter. Glabrous capsule to 10mm x 5mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• FOPE
• SAFIO
• Kew
• KB
• Rusby