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Ipomoea obscura
Ipomoea obscura
- Botanic Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Author
- (Linnaeus) Ker Gawler
- Propagation
- S.
- Cultivated
- C
Common Names
- Xiao xin ye shu (Pinyin)
- Cây bîm sé (Vietnam)
- Kasange Sange (Kitobwa)
- Kotolo Milundu (Kibembe)
- Katunba-tunba (Kiluba)
- Kawaroworo
- Umunyerere
- Umurandagusha (Kinyaruanda)
- Lonininga (Turumbu)
- Lusisi (Kyombe)
- Umuhunahuna (Kirundi)
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Christmas Island - Australia
- Bangladesh
- Borneo
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Guangdong
- Hainan
- Taiwan
- Yunnan - China
- Comoros
- Congo
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Society Islands - France
- Gambia
- Ghana
- India
- Java
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- Maluku
- Sulawesi
- Sumatra - Indonesia
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Laos
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Cape Provinces
- Free State
- Natal
- Northern Provinces - South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor Leste
- Togo
- Uganda
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Disturbed areas
- hedges
- thickets
- forest
- coastal
- riverside
- wasteland
- savanna
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Herbaceous glabrous or with some hairs slender stem twiner or procumbent vine to 2m with angular stems. Glabrous or villous mucronate leaves 100mm x 90mm. Axillary 1 to many-flowered corymbs with 2 bracts to 2mm long & bracteoles, of 40mm long white, cream, yellow or orange flower with purple centre, darker band mid-petal, calyx 6mm long, glabrous or pubescent sepals to 8mm x 4mm, glabrous yellow or whitish corolla to 40mm x 10mm with purple spot at base. Brown glabrous 4-valved fruit capsule to 12mm x 10mm tipped with persistent style.
Naturalised in some areas
Medicinal uses
Further References
- Herklots 1976
- FOC
- FOH
- NYBG
- JDH
- The Plant List 2
- G. Don
- FA
- Botanicus
- F Indochine
- FOTA
- FOMP
- Flora Malesiana
- JAA
- GBS
- Kew
- Merremia